<p>There are three typical use cases for the phrase 'superintelligent':</p>

<ol>
<li><p>Something that is at least as smart as a human for <em>every</em> task.</p></li>
<li><p>Something that is smart enough to improve itself on a fundamental level.</p></li>
<li><p>Something that is smarter than a human at a <em>single</em> task.</p></li>
</ol>

<p>Most uses that I see are definition 2, but the other two are also somewhat common. I typically follow I. J. Good and use <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I._J._Good#Research_and_publications" rel="nofollow noreferrer">ultraintelligence</a> for the first definition. (There are lots of arguments that something that fits definition 1 is likely to fit definition 2 as well, but this doesn't seem to be logically necessary.)</p>

<p>Obviously, Deep Blue only counts for definition 3.</p>

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<p>When AI has some narrow domain, such as chess, where it can outperform the world's human masters of chess, does it make it a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Superintelligence" rel="nofollow noreferrer">superintelligence</a> or not?</p>

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[Here](https://ai.stackexchange.com/q/9165/2444) is a related question.
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Is Deep Blue superintelligent or not?
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# Is Deep Blue superintelligent or not?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2016-08-07)

When AI has some narrow domain, such as chess, where it can outperform the world's human masters of chess, does it make it a [superintelligence](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Superintelligence) or not?

**Tags:** definitions, superintelligence, deep-blue

> **Comments:**
> **username_1**: [Here](https://ai.stackexchange.com/q/9165/2444) is a related question.  

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## 1 answers

### Answer by username_2 on 2016-08-07. Score: 3 | Accepted answer

There are three typical use cases for the phrase 'superintelligent':

1. Something that is at least as smart as a human for *every* task.
2. Something that is smart enough to improve itself on a fundamental level.
3. Something that is smarter than a human at a *single* task.

Most uses that I see are definition 2, but the other two are also somewhat common. I typically follow I. J. Good and use [ultraintelligence](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I._J._Good#Research_and_publications) for the first definition. (There are lots of arguments that something that fits definition 1 is likely to fit definition 2 as well, but this doesn't seem to be logically necessary.)

Obviously, Deep Blue only counts for definition 3.


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