A Superintelligence is a being with superhuman intelligence, and a focus of the Machine Intelligence Research Institute's research. Specifically, Nick Bostrom (1997) defined it as

"An intellect that is much smarter than the best human brains in practically every field, including scientific creativity, general wisdom and social skills."

The Machine Intelligence Research Institute is dedicated to ensuring humanity's safety and prosperity by preparing for the development of an Artificial General Intelligence with superintelligence. Given its intelligence, it is likely to be incapable of being controlled by humanity. It is important to prepare early for the development of friendly artificial intelligence, as there may be an AI arms race. A strong superintelligence is a term describing a superintelligence which is not designed with the same architecture as the human brain....

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