superintelligence

English

Etymology

From super- +‎ intelligence.

Pronunciation

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Noun

superintelligence (countable and uncountable, plural superintelligences)

1. (futurology) Intelligence surpassing the level of a human genius.
   • 2015, Murray Shanahan, The Technological Singularity, MIT Press, →ISBN, pages 90–91:

     The lesson of this little story is that if and when human-level AI is achieved, superintelligence will soon follow. […] What we have in this story seems to be a form of collective superintelligence.

Synonyms

• hyperintelligence

Derived terms

• artificial superintelligence