Trump’s attempt to rename AI is looking awfully artificial
Trump ordered the U.S. government to call artificial intelligence super intelligence, and several tech executives echoed the phrase.
President Donald Trump issued an executive order directing the U.S. government to avoid the term artificial intelligence and use super intelligence instead. The Center for AI Standards and Innovation was renamed the Center for Advancing Innovation and Standards for Super Intelligence, and some Justice Department language was changed. Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos, Jensen Huang, and Sam Altman publicly went along, though Altman said OpenAI will not change its name. The article notes that superintelligence already means hypothetical AI surpassing human thought, not a label for all current AI.
- An executive order tells agencies to prefer super intelligence over artificial intelligence.
- The AI standards center was renamed around super intelligence, and some Justice Department wording changed.
- Musk, Bezos, Huang, and Altman accepted the wording; Altman said OpenAI will not rename.
- Superintelligence already means AI beyond human ability, not every current AI system.
From the original article
4 min read at theverge.com
President Donald Trump has a knack for turning words against his enemies. His first successful presidential run was built on monikers like "Little Marco" and "Crooked Hillary"; he changed "fake news" from a phrase describing scammy media outlets to a derogatory term for the press at large.
By Adi Robertson · theverge.com
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