An intellect that would far exceed the best human minds in practically every field. People disagree about whether and when an AI system could reach it, and about how it could be kept safe.
See also
- Artificial general intelligence
AI that could match people across most kinds of intellectual work, rather than excelling at one task.
- Recursive self-improvement
A hypothetical process in which an AI system improves its own design, and each improved version is better at making the next improvement.
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Orbyt Labs, Superintelligence (AI Glossary), Oct 18, 2026. https://www.orbytlabs.ai/orbyt-collective/glossary/superintelligence
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Orbyt Labs Glossaries (Oct 19, 2026), https://www.orbytlabs.ai/glossary#dataset
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