What is "superintelligence"?
In the book Superintelligence, Nick Bostrom
Philosopher who has done research on existential risk from AI and other causes. Formerly head of FHI at Oxford, which he founded. Author of the 2014 book Superintelligence: Paths, Dangers, Strategies.
The “virtually all domains” part of this definition is important: while current AIs are often much more capable than humans within some narrow domain — e.g., chess — superintelligence is usually used to mean a system that far exceeds human intelligence in most domains.
"Superintelligence" usually refers to an artificial intelligence, but it doesn't have to. For example, a human whose intelligence was technologically augmented to a sufficient degree could be superintelligent. ↩︎