In recent years, the conversation around artificial intelligence has shifted from speculative fiction to strategic policy. But while much of the world still associates AI with chatbots, recommendation engines, and digital assistants, the horizon is rapidly expanding toward something far more transformative – superintelligent AI. At the epicenter of this anticipation stands Saudi Arabia, a country that is not only preparing for the coming wave of AI, but positioning itself to shape it.

The implications of superintelligent AI – or ASI – are immense. Whereas current systems like ChatGPT, Gemini, and DALL·E represent narrow AI capable of impressive but domain-limited outputs, ASI would mark a paradigm shift. It would vastly outperform human intelligence across a wide array of fields, ranging from science and technology to creativity, emotion, and governance. And unlike today’s AI models, which rely heavily on pattern recognition within bounded datasets, superintelligence would be capable of general reasoning, adaptive learning, and creativity well beyond current comprehension.

Saudi Arabia recognizes that such a leap in capability demands bold, early action. The Kingdom’s recently announced initiative, Humain, is a strategic signal of intent. Backed by the powerful Public Investment Fund (PIF), Humain aims to not just adopt global AI advances, but build a domestic AI ecosystem from the ground up. With plans to create a multimodal Arabic language model, develop sovereign cloud infrastructure, and drive regional AI innovation, the Kingdom is placing a major bet on intelligence – both artificial and strategic.

One of the clearest indicators of Saudi Arabia’s seriousness is its investment in hardware. The Humain project will be powered by over 18,000 Nvidia Blackwell GPUs – some of the most powerful AI training chips........

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