Core Concepts
Artificial Superintelligence (ASI)
Also known as: super intelligence
In one line
A theoretical AI that surpasses the best human minds across every domain.
What does Artificial Superintelligence (ASI) mean?
ASI is a longer-term concept than AGI — an intelligence so far beyond human that its actions may be hard to predict or control. It's the focus of much long-term AI-safety work.
A real-world example
A system that could redesign the world's energy grid, cure ageing, and out-strategise every human government simultaneously.
Related terms
Alignment
The problem of making AI do what humans actually want — safely and helpfully.
AI Safety
The field focused on preventing AI systems from causing harm — accidental or deliberate.
Artificial General Intelligence (AGI)
A hypothetical AI that matches or exceeds humans across essentially all cognitive tasks.