superintelligence
noun
su·per·in·tel·li·gence
ˌsü-pər-in-ˈte-lə-jən(t)s 
plural superintelligences
1
: an entity that surpasses humans in overall intelligence or in some particular measure of intelligence
A speed superintelligence could do everything a human mind could do, but much faster.—
Nick Bostrom
Nick Bostrom
also
: the intelligence displayed by such an entity
the development of machine superintelligence
2
: an extremely or extraordinarily high degree of intelligence
displayed superintelligence in mathematics
… the first of a planned trilogy about teens whose empathic abilities give them an emotional superintelligence.—Terry Hong
Terry HongExamples of superintelligence in a Sentence
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In this potential deal, Scale AI’s CEO Alexandr Wang would join Meta as part of a new AI superintelligence lab.
—Megan Poinski, Forbes.com, 12 June 2025
Other employees from Scale are likely to join Meta’s superintelligence team after the investment is finalized, one person familiar with the deal said.
—Bloomberg, Mercury News, 12 June 2025
Computers already far surpass humans in certain forms of information processing such as calculations, but this narrow superiority doesn't qualify as superintelligence under most definitions.
—ArsTechnica, 10 June 2025
The general goal is to either reach artificial general intelligence (AGI) or maybe even the outstretched possibility of achieving artificial superintelligence (ASI).
—Lance Eliot, Forbes.com, 6 June 2025
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Megan Poinski, Forbes.com, 12 June 2025
Other employees from Scale are likely to join Meta’s superintelligence team after the investment is finalized, one person familiar with the deal said.
—Bloomberg, Mercury News, 12 June 2025
Computers already far surpass humans in certain forms of information processing such as calculations, but this narrow superiority doesn't qualify as superintelligence under most definitions.
—ArsTechnica, 10 June 2025
The general goal is to either reach artificial general intelligence (AGI) or maybe even the outstretched possibility of achieving artificial superintelligence (ASI).
—Lance Eliot, Forbes.com, 6 June 2025
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“Superintelligence.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/superintelligence. Accessed 30 Jun. 2025.
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