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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For the sake of argument, Litt imagines a hypothetical library generated by superintelligent AIs and containing every proof possible in the mathematical universe.
—Joseph Howlett, Scientific American, 16 Mar. 2026
Demis Hassabis, the head of Google DeepMind, has similarly conceived of superintelligent AI as the ultimate tool to accelerate scientific discovery, and Sam Altman, OpenAI’s CEO, has said that advanced AI may even solve physics.
—Ross Andersen, The Atlantic, 11 Mar. 2026
In the mid-Aughts, armed with the theorem, the rationalists discovered that humanity is in jeopardy of a rogue superintelligent AI wiping out all life on the planet.
—Sam Kriss, Harpers Magazine, 24 Feb. 2026
Agents, though, haven’t become superintelligent; the platform is still human-built and human-directed.
—semafor.com, 3 Feb. 2026
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Joseph Howlett, Scientific American, 16 Mar. 2026
Demis Hassabis, the head of Google DeepMind, has similarly conceived of superintelligent AI as the ultimate tool to accelerate scientific discovery, and Sam Altman, OpenAI’s CEO, has said that advanced AI may even solve physics.
—Ross Andersen, The Atlantic, 11 Mar. 2026
In the mid-Aughts, armed with the theorem, the rationalists discovered that humanity is in jeopardy of a rogue superintelligent AI wiping out all life on the planet.
—Sam Kriss, Harpers Magazine, 24 Feb. 2026
Agents, though, haven’t become superintelligent; the platform is still human-built and human-directed.
—semafor.com, 3 Feb. 2026
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“Superintelligent.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/superintelligent. Accessed 23 Mar. 2026.
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