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Superintelligence

As explained in Introduction to Generative AI, Second Edition

Superintelligence is intelligence that surpasses human-level performance across many or all cognitive tasks.

Superintelligence means intelligence that surpasses human performance across many or all cognitive tasks. It sets a higher bar than artificial general intelligence (AGI), which generally refers to broad human-level capability. section 11.1

No clear practical test establishes when that bar has been crossed. AI already exceeds people at some individual tasks but still fails evaluations that people would consider common sense. Predictions about superintelligence therefore remain uncertain. Preparing for more powerful AI nevertheless raises concrete questions about safe development, regulation, energy infrastructure, and public AI literacy. section 11.1

How Introduction to Generative AI, Second Edition covers it

How deep it goes
Defines the term and explains why judging its achievement is difficult, without offering a technical test.
Examples
Contrasts AI’s strength on discrete tasks with failures of human-common-sense evaluations.
What it assumes
Introduces superintelligence with a plain-language definition and compares it with AGI without requiring technical detail.
What you can do after
Evaluate/understand claims of superintelligence without treating task-specific success or confident predictions as proof.
How it connects
Connects superintelligence to artificial general intelligence, AI evaluation, safe development, and regulation.

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