information-processing-systems

Chapter 3 of Bostrom's Superintelligence defines and distinguishes three forms of superintelligence: speed superintelligence, collective superintelligence, and quality superintelligence, arguing that these forms are practically equivalent in their intellectual superiority over humans. The chapter elaborates on speed superintelligence as a human-like mind operating at vastly accelerated speeds, and collective superintelligence as a system composed of many smaller intellects working together to outperform any current cognitive system. It also discusses the advantages of machine substrates over biological ones and the implications of these forms of superintelligence for future cognitive capacities.