2.3 Superintelligent AI
Superintelligence is a hypothetical AI that would be smarter than the best humans at basically everything.
Chapter 2: Types of Artificial Intelligence
Artificial Superintelligence (ASI) goes one step past AGI: not just matching humans, but outperforming us in science, creativity, strategy - everything.
This is where a lot of the big debates live. Philosopher Nick Bostrom popularised the idea in his 2014 book Superintelligence, asking how we'd make sure something that smart stays aligned with human values.
It's fully theoretical right now. But thinking about it early is why the field of AI safety exists - planning seatbelts before the car is built.
Key takeaways
ASI = smarter than humans at nearly everything
Completely hypothetical today
Big reason AI safety research exists