Science & Tech · AI · 6 hrs ago
Trump pushes government to call artificial intelligence “super intelligence”
President Donald Trump is urging people to call artificial intelligence “super intelligence.”
After signing an executive order in late September, his administration began changing official government documents and websites.
Trump says the word “artificial” makes intelligence sound fake, and he has warned that the White House will view people who keep using the old term as “THE ENEMY!”
The push comes as Trump supports AI while many Americans are concerned about the technology and oppose the data centers that support it.
Meta chief Mark Zuckerberg has also used the term “superintelligence” when discussing the future of AI.
OpenAI chief Sam Altman said his company does not plan to change its name and questioned whether the new term would make people less afraid.
It remains uncertain whether changing the label will alter public opinion, and the two terms may not mean exactly the same thing.
President Donald Trump is urging the US government to replace “artificial intelligence” with “super intelligence” in official language.
After Trump signed an executive order in late September, government agencies began changing official documents and websites.
Trump has said people who use the old term will be viewed by his White House as “THE ENEMY!”
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman questioned whether the new term would make people less worried about AI.
The article says the concepts of superintelligence and artificial intelligence are arguably distinct.
- Who
- President Donald Trump and the US government.
- What
- Trump is pushing the government to use “super intelligence” instead of “artificial intelligence.
- When
- The effort followed an executive order in late September; Trump reiterated his position on Thursday.
- Where
- The United States, including federal government documents and websites.
- Why
- Trump says “artificial” makes intelligence sound fake; the article also says the rebrand may reflect concern about public opposition to data centers and AI.
Trump
Sam Altman
Effect of the rebrand
Trump
Trump is pushing the term “super intelligence” in place of “artificial intelligence.
Sam Altman
Altman questioned whether the new term would change people’s opinions or sound less scary.
use of the word artificial makes intelligence fake, it makes it sound fake.
THE ENEMY!
Does superintelligence sound obviously less scary to people than artificial intelligence?
Trump told fellow world leaders at the United Nations that the word “artificial” makes intelligence sound fake.
Trump signed an executive order, after which the US government began changing official documents and websites.
Trump said on social media that people using “artificial intelligence” instead of “super intelligence” would be viewed by his White House as “THE ENEMY!
- Proposed term
- super intelligence
- Current term
- artificial intelligence
- Executive order
- Signed in late September
- Government changes
- Official documents and websites
- Trump’s social media warning
- Users of the old term would be viewed by his White House as “THE ENEMY!
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