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

Representative Greg Casar and Senator Bernie Sanders have called for pausing advanced AI development and banning superintelligence. — Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 17 Oct. 2026

Viewed this way, superintelligence describes the depth of nature’s organizing intelligence, not a leaderboard of computational benchmarks. — Pravir Malik, Forbes.com, 16 Oct. 2026

Joswiak adds that Apple isn’t making products for the die-hard AI believers chasing superintelligence. — Andrew R. Chow, Time, 15 Oct. 2026

On a much less human scale, at least for now, another argument that some people feel is broken is artificial intelligence, or superintelligence as Trump likes to call it. — Dominic Patten, Deadline, 30 Sep. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

circa 1822, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Rhymes for superintelligence

• counterintelligence
• intelligence