Synthetic Intelligence is the term which is sometimes used interchangeably with Artificial Intelligence. Proponents of this terminology state that it identifies the intelligence source as intelligent and created intentionally by man. Sometimes the definition will be extended to those which arise as an emergent quality from the convergence of random technologies.

Human sentience, or any other biological and naturally occurring intelligence, arises out of the natural process of species evolution and out of an individual's education or experience.

Proponents of the term Synthetic Intelligence state the term artificial intelligence is an oxymoron; implying that the intelligence is not intelligent.