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

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

Examples of superintelligence in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

OpenAI is building superintelligence. —Max Tani, semafor.com, 3 Apr. 2026

Thore Graepel may have been the first human to be vanquished by a superintelligence. —Matteo Wong, The Atlantic, 30 Mar. 2026

The doomers fret over rogue superintelligence, an AI that accidentally eliminates us while fulfilling a paper clip order. —Joe Hagan, Vanity Fair, 18 Mar. 2026

Meta acquired the buzzy AI agent startup Manus in December, following a string of high-profile hires intended to build out its superintelligence team. —Hadas Gold, CNN Money, 10 Mar. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

circa 1822, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Rhymes for superintelligence

• counterintelligence
• intelligence