Trump says he will ban the phrase artificial intelligence
Original title: Trump says he will ban everyone from using the phrase 'artificial intelligence'
A September order already told agencies to say super intelligence; a poll found 23 percent approval.
President Donald Trump wrote on Truth Social that he would ban “AI/Artificial Intelligence” in relevant documents and favor “super intelligence.” A late September executive order already directed the federal government to use that term. He criticized a Wall Street Journal newsletter titled “Let AI Be AI.” A University of Massachusetts Amherst survey found 23 percent of Americans say he has handled artificial intelligence well and 57 percent say poorly.
Unconfirmed: The post promises an official ban; the item does not show a new binding rule beyond the September order.
- An earlier post called users of “artificial intelligence” “THE ENEMY.”
- John McCarthy coined the term artificial intelligence in 1955.
- Trump has dismissed safety concerns while saying the U.S. must beat China.
- The Journal newsletter said SI is already used by Sports Illustrated.
From the original article
3 min read at independent.co.uk
President Donald Trump has promised to ban everyone from using the phrase “artificial intelligence” as he continues to promote a more favorable term — “super intelligence.” “When will The Wall Street Journal start calling Artificial Intelligence (AI), a very bad and inaccurate name, SI (Super Intelligence), the name which virtually everyone else is using, or soon will be.
By TrackerFF · independent.co.uk
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