synthetic intelligence

noun synthetic intelligences

1. alternative, countable, uncountable Alternative term for artificial intelligence.artificial intelligence Man will be able to accelerate the rate of progress in every field when electronic synthetic intelligence is readily available to supplement the intellectual abilities of man's natural brain.
2. countable, uncountable A concept related to artificial intelligence, emphasizing that the intelligence is true rather than simulated. Perhaps Artificial Intelligence should be called “Synthetic Intelligence” to accord better with commercial parlance. Thus artificial diamonds are fake imitations, whereas synthetic diamonds are genuine diamonds, only manufactured instead of dug up (compare also artificial maple flavoring versus, say
3. countable, uncountable Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see synthetic, intelligence. Like the fictional sleuth Sherlock Holmes, people with synthetic intelligence recognize the significance of small bits of information and are able to connect them in ways that no one else could imagine.