Artificial Super Intelligence (ASI)
Definition
A hypothetical AI that would surpass the best human minds across essentially every field, not just match them. If AGI is an AI as capable as a person, ASI is one well beyond any person. It's a concept from the far end of the discussion, more thought experiment than product. Nobody has built it, and serious people disagree about whether it's possible at all.
Why It Matters
It comes up in the more dramatic AI debates. Knowing it sits firmly in "hypothetical" helps you tell speculation from news.
What does that look like in practice?
An AI that out-thinks every scientist, strategist, and artist who ever lived would be ASI, a concept rather than a product.
What people actually mean when they say this
When ASI comes up, it's usually in big speculative debates about the future, not a description of anything that exists.
Not to be confused with
Last reviewed: June 2026
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