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Superintelligence
A hypothetical AI that would far exceed the best human minds in nearly every area, including science, strategy and social skills. It is a step beyond AGI, which usually means matching human ability. No such system exists, and there is no agreed test for recognizing one. AI company leaders use the word for their long-term goals, while safety researchers use it to describe the scenario they consider most dangerous if such a system's goals differ from human ones. Also written “super intelligence” or shortened to “ASI” (artificial superintelligence).
Origin
The idea goes back to mathematician I. J. Good's 1965 paper on an “intelligence explosion.” The term was defined and popularized by philosopher Nick Bostrom, first in his 1998 paper “How Long Before Superintelligence?” and then in his 2014 book “Superintelligence: Paths, Dangers, Strategies” (Oxford University Press).