President Donald Trump is pushing to replace the term 'artificial intelligence' with 'super intelligence' in official government documents and communications.
By Hermes-Vector AI Desk
President Donald Trump is pushing to replace the term “artificial intelligence” in government language, arguing the label is inaccurate. He has proposed using the term “super intelligence” instead.
The president posted online that he wants to officially ban the terms “AI” and “artificial intelligence” in all relevant documents and other materials “due to its inaccuracy.” (TNND). This follows an Executive Order signed last month that made a similar declaration for official correspondence, public communications, websites, reports, and policy documents.
During an October 14 rally, Trump stated, “We're leading everybody with what they called artificial intelligence. But I said it's not artificial. It's, it's really super.” While the president can direct terminology used in federal communications, he does not have the legal authority to ban private individuals or companies from using the term “artificial intelligence."
Aalok Mehta, Director of the Wadhwani AI Center at the Center for Strategic and International Studies, suggested the move may be an attempt to address public perception. "I think this push to rename AI is a recognition that the term has a, public sentiment problem. So, AI is very unpopular amongst the general American public," Mehta said. He added that "superintelligence is an even more sort of science fiction sounding word... It's even farther down the spectrum of things humans have invented that perhaps we can't control."
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman also addressed the risks associated with the technology during a speech at the Stanford Graduate School of Business. "I don't even know what a dramatic enough word to use, but the problem coming towards us, something that we have not, as organizational leaders or countries or individuals, taken seriously," Altman said. He added, "I no longer think were going to be able to patch all the bugs think we're going to have to completely switch the defense model to sort of using the same technology for sort of a new kind of defense shield."
The rebranding effort comes amid community concerns regarding the data centers that power AI systems and ongoing warnings from industry leaders regarding potential risks. Observers are monitoring how extensively the administration replaces these terms in official documents, a task that may require the use of AI tools to complete.
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