superintelligent
adjective
su·per·in·tel·li·gent
ˌsü-pər-in-ˈte-lə-jənt 
: extremely or extraordinarily intelligent : characterized by superintelligence
a superintelligent robot
At school she inhabits the twilight zone between the successful and popular cheer-leader types and the angst-ridden, anarchistic, superintelligent underachievers …—
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Even if a bubble pops, there will be winners—each company would like to be the first to build a superintelligent machine.
—Matteo Wong, The Atlantic, 30 Oct. 2025
In theory, a superintelligent AI would pursue its own goals, and if those goals are incompatible with sustaining human life, we will be annihilated.
—Andrea Miotti, Time, 29 Oct. 2025
The barrier to getting to superintelligent behavior isn’t reasoning capability—that’s already there.
—Adam Mills, MSNBC Newsweek, 21 Oct. 2025
To unlock a powerful, superintelligent future, Wu predicted that large AI models will replace existing operating systems as the link between users, software and computational power.
—Jared Perlo, NBC news, 4 Oct. 2025
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Matteo Wong, The Atlantic, 30 Oct. 2025
In theory, a superintelligent AI would pursue its own goals, and if those goals are incompatible with sustaining human life, we will be annihilated.
—Andrea Miotti, Time, 29 Oct. 2025
The barrier to getting to superintelligent behavior isn’t reasoning capability—that’s already there.
—Adam Mills, MSNBC Newsweek, 21 Oct. 2025
To unlock a powerful, superintelligent future, Wu predicted that large AI models will replace existing operating systems as the link between users, software and computational power.
—Jared Perlo, NBC news, 4 Oct. 2025
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“Superintelligent.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/superintelligent. Accessed 10 Nov. 2025.
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