Is US President Donald Trump right to rename AI as 'Super Intelligence'?
Donald Trump thinks the name artificial intelligence sounds "fake" and has ordered US agencies to use "Super Intelligence" instead. Yet, tech firms and researchers have little reason to play along.
President Donald Trump has suggested renaming artificial intelligence (AI) to "Super Intelligence" (SI), claiming it is a more accurate and fitting term. This proposal was announced on Trump's Truth Social platform, where he argued that the current term is "inaccurate" and "ineloquent." A social media poll conducted by Trump showed that 65% of his supporters preferred SI over the alternative "Superior Intelligence."
While the tech industry and academics have yet to adopt this new term, the renaming effort was announced at the United Nations General Assembly. Critics argue that the name change will only fuel existing fears about AI, such as job losses and human obsolescence, and could potentially worsen public apprehension. AI experts emphasize that current AI systems are years away from achieving true superintelligence and that the term "artificial intelligence" has been in use for 70 years, making it a well-established designation.
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