Simulated intelligence now, superintelligence later: the case for renaming AI as SI
AlexTensor · x · 2026-10-11
The author argues that SI (Simulated, Synthetic, or Superintelligence) suits the field better than AI precisely because of its built-in ambiguity. His take: what we have today is simulated intelligence; superintelligence is still to come.
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