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      "provider": "Google",
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      "rank": 5,
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      "meaning": "Brilliant in moments, but not yet dependable over missions. Powerful general-purpose systems for reasoning, coding, creation, analysis, and tool use\u2014still reliant on human direction, verification, and judgment."
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      "score": 60,
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      "name": "Superhuman General Intelligence",
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      "score": 100,
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      "name": "Civilization-Scale General Super Intelligence",
      "meaning": "No human institution remains the benchmark. GSI outperforms even large, well-coordinated human expert collectives across virtually all cognitive work, operating at machine speed and scale."
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