Artificial Intelligence (AI) & Superintelligence (ASI) Cognitive Index
The architectural progression from Narrow AI and Generative Foundation Models to Candidate Artificial General Intelligence (AGI) and Artificial Superintelligence (ASI).
1. The 4 Cognitive Horizons of Artificial Intelligence
Tier 1: Narrow Artificial Intelligence (Narrow AI)
Single-domain task optimization (classification, embedding, audio transcription) with zero generalization. Milestones: ResNet, BERT, Whisper, XGBoost.
Tier 2: Generative Artificial Intelligence (GenAI & Foundation Models)
Autoregressive multimodal LLMs trained on web-scale corpora with zero-shot generalization. Milestones: Claude 3.5 Sonnet, GPT-4o, Llama 3.3 70B, Qwen 2.5 72B.
Tier 3: Candidate Artificial General Intelligence (AGI & Reasoning AI)
Test-time compute scaling, chain-of-thought exploration, and competition-grade logic matching PhD humans. Milestones: OpenAI o1, DeepSeek R1 (SWE-bench 95%, GPQA Diamond 91%).
Tier 4: Artificial Superintelligence (ASI / Super Intelligence)
Systems exceeding all human experts combined in novel theorem proving, autonomous scientific discovery, and automated AI architecture synthesis. Benchmarks: ARC-AGI, Humanity's Last Exam (HLE).
2. Artificial Intelligence & Superintelligence Terminology Glossary
- Artificial Intelligence (AI)
- Computational systems executing cognitive functions associated with human minds (learning, reasoning, code synthesis, spatial and multimodal comprehension).
- Superintelligence (Artificial Superintelligence / ASI)
- An intellect radically smarter than the best human brains across scientific discovery, technical design, strategic planning, and philosophical synthesis.
- Artificial General Intelligence (AGI)
- An autonomous software system achieving parity with human experts across economically valuable tasks without task-specific architectural reprogramming.
- Test-Time Compute & Reasoning Tokens
- Dynamically allocating inference compute to search tree paths and self-correct deduction steps before final answer generation.
3. Frequently Asked Questions
Q: What is the distinction between Artificial Intelligence (AI), AGI, and Superintelligence (ASI)?
A: Artificial Intelligence (AI) encompasses all cognitive computation. Generative AI covers today's foundation LLMs. AGI denotes general human-level competence across economic tasks. Superintelligence (ASI) refers to cognitive capabilities vastly exceeding all human experts combined.
Q: How does ModelAnalysis track Artificial Intelligence price-performance?
A: ModelAnalysis plots multi-dimensional Pareto frontiers tracking LMSYS Chatbot Arena Elo, SWE-bench Verified coding scores, and RunPod Spot GPU breakeven thresholds.