superintelligence

American  

[soo-per-in-tel-i-juhns] / ˌsu pər ɪnˈtɛl ɪ dʒəns /

noun

1. the cognitive capacity of an entity that possesses a higher level of intelligence than humans.

2. an entity that possesses a higher level of intelligence than humans.

3. an unusually high level of human intelligence.

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Example Sentences

“Nine months ago, we founded Meta Superintelligence Labs with the goal of putting personal superintelligence in everyone’s hands,” Meta Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg said in a post on the company’s Threads app.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 8, 2026

More broadly, firms have ploughed ahead with AI development - including of "superintelligence" they believe could outsmart humans - while warning of its detrimental impact to some areas of society.

From BBC • Apr. 7, 2026

On the flip-side, Microsoft would not compete with OpenAI to build the ultimate goal of AI researchers: machines that can perform knowledge work better than any person, also called superintelligence.

From Barron's • Apr. 4, 2026

First, he parades all the safety doomers, seeming to believe their warnings that an unfeeling superintelligence is upon us and we can’t trust it.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 27, 2026

If he was permanently cursed with superintelligence, he should probably use it to do something.

From "The Smartest Kid in the Universe" by Chris Grabenstein