Superintelligence (ASI)
초지능(ASI)
A term for AI that does almost everything far better than the best humans. It does not exist yet and is an imagined stage.
Overview
If AI that can do a wide range of things as well as a person is AGI, superintelligence goes further and means AI that is far ahead of people in scientific research, invention and strategy. Some people think that once AI starts building better AI by itself, it could reach this stage quickly.
But there is no agreed standard for where superintelligence begins, and opinions differ widely on whether it can really be built and when. AI companies also use the word as a goal or in promotion, so when you see it, it is worth asking who is using it and what they mean.
An everyday example
A calculator beats people only at calculating. Superintelligence imagines a student who is far better than the top student in the whole school in every subject, not just calculation but research, writing and business judgment.
Why it matters
It comes up often in the news because big AI companies have made superintelligence a goal and set up research groups for it. It is also at the center of the safety debate, over whether people could control such an AI.
Also calledASI, artificial superintelligence