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# Superintelligence

unobserved Proposed in the literature. Nobody has observed one.

A hypothetical intellect greatly exceeding human performance in virtually all domains. Bostrom's book analyses the routes to it (whole-brain emulation, biological cognition, AI), its forms and the control problems.

A hypothetical intellect greatly exceeding human performance in virtually all domains. Bostrom's book analyses the routes to it (whole-brain emulation, biological cognition, AI), its forms and the control problems. The definition doesn't say whether it would be conscious. Unobserved.

In the trees

[Superintelligence · Technology](https://simulation-hypothesis.com/trees/technology?n=asi)

## Sources

* Bostrom N (2014). Superintelligence: Paths, Dangers, Strategies. Oxford University Press.