Artificial intelligence must have a new name, says politician who likes renaming bodies of water
What's happening
At the UN General Assembly, Donald Trump said the US is "officially" renaming artificial intelligence to "super intelligence" and urged that all US documents use that term. Coverage frames the move as part of a broader speech where he also criticized Iran, "globalists," climate change, and transgender people. Online reaction ranges from mocking posts on r/OpenAI and Hacker News noting his claim that AI will be renamed "super intelligence," to commentary suggesting the renaming could complicate discussions about Artificial General Intelligence and Artificial Superintelligence.
Why it's trending
The rename claim came during a high-profile UN speech and sparked immediate reaction online, making the idea of renaming AI trend across social and tech communities.
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Renaming 'AI' to 'super intelligence' won't make it clearer, it will make regulation easier to dodge, and that's the point.
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- Artificial intelligence must have a new name, says politician who likes renaming bodies of water
Meet ‘superintelligence’ and the ‘globalist scheme’ – probably a polite diplomatic letter – to control it
The RegisterSep 23 - i think someone got Trump to rename artificial intelligence as super intelligence, in order to make it harder to talk about Artificial Super Intelligence
trump: all of america should refer to artificial intelligence as super intelligence!! two days later... journalist: sam altman, are u worried about your A.G.I. that youve allegedly created with gpt-6 astra, itself creating artificial superintelligence down the line, thru rechrsive self improvement? sam altman: artificial general intelligence is a subset of super intelligence, which is the new term
r/artificialSep 23 - Trump says US will henceforth call AI 'super intelligence'HackerNewsSep 23
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