# System 2 Machine Intelligence **Entity class:** AI architecture concept **Domain:** Artificial intelligence / Reasoning systems **Maturity:** Developed ## Definition System 2 machine intelligence is the analogy between slower, deliberative AI computation and reflective reasoning in dual-process psychology. ## Mechanism and significance It includes planning and extended inference that may justify higher latency and cost when the decision is consequential or poorly structured. ## Relationships - **Research dossier:** [[research/ASI and RSI Timeline Research Moonshots|ASI and RSI Timeline Research Moonshots]] - **Ontology route:** [[ASI and RSI Timeline Ontology#Model Architecture and Compute Economics|Model Architecture and Compute Economics]] - **Primary fields:** [[Machine Intelligence]] · [[AI Infrastructure]] · [[Compute Race]] - **Adjacent concepts:** [[Decision Model]] · [[System 1 Machine Intelligence]] · [[TypeSafe AI]] · [[Jev]] ## Sources and provenance - [[research/ASI and RSI Timeline Research Moonshots|ASI and RSI Timeline Research Moonshots]] — immediate source for this node's role in the broadcast research map. ## Evidence boundary The research dossier establishes why this entity or concept belongs in the Moonshots ontology. Time-sensitive organizational, product, policy, and performance claims should be checked against the linked primary source or a current authoritative source before reuse as settled fact.