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

Meta’s next moves Meta, on the other hand, has carried out its own campaign to gain an edge over OpenAI, restructuring its AI division with a focus on building a superintelligence team and poaching key AI architects, including former OpenAI employees. —Sasha Rogelberg, Fortune, 22 Aug. 2025

Before pouring more investment into its AI teams, Meta needs time to place and access its new talent before forging to new breakthroughs like superintelligence. —Daniel Newman, Forbes.com, 21 Aug. 2025

This summer, both Altman and Mark Zuckerberg, of Meta, claimed that their companies were close to developing superintelligence. —Cal Newport, New Yorker, 12 Aug. 2025

Son says artificial superintelligence (ASI) — AI that is 10,000 times smarter than humans — will be here in 10 years. —Arjun Kharpal, CNBC, 11 Aug. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

circa 1822, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Rhymes for superintelligence

• counterintelligence
• intelligence