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
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
Terry HongExamples of superintelligence in a Sentence
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The general goal is to either reach artificial general intelligence or maybe even the outstretched possibility of achieving artificial superintelligence.
—Lance Eliot, Forbes.com, 11 Sep. 2025
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
Disturbing contemporary audiences, the resulting superintelligence subordinates all human individuals — absorbing them as mere neurons in its global cortex.
—Thomas Moynihan, Big Think, 20 Aug. 2025
Meta is in league with tech giants such as OpenAI, Google and Anthropic that are all racing toward superintelligence, the theoretical point at which AI becomes smarter than all humans at all knowledge work.
—Cnn.com Wire Service, Mercury News, 13 Aug. 2025
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Lance Eliot, Forbes.com, 11 Sep. 2025
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
Disturbing contemporary audiences, the resulting superintelligence subordinates all human individuals — absorbing them as mere neurons in its global cortex.
—Thomas Moynihan, Big Think, 20 Aug. 2025
Meta is in league with tech giants such as OpenAI, Google and Anthropic that are all racing toward superintelligence, the theoretical point at which AI becomes smarter than all humans at all knowledge work.
—Cnn.com Wire Service, Mercury News, 13 Aug. 2025
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“Superintelligence.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/superintelligence. Accessed 17 Sep. 2025.
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