'Super Intelligence': Is Trump Right to Rename AI?

U.S. President Donald Trump has suggested renaming artificial intelligence to "Super Intelligence" (SI), arguing that the current term is inaccurate and evocative. However, the tech industry and many experts disagree with the proposed change. Since the inception of AI in 1956, the term "artificial intelligence" has persisted for 70 years.

While AI is designed to perform tasks differently from humans, it doesn't surpass human intelligence across all domains, a milestone known as "superintelligence". Most AI applications are specialized and do not exhibit general intelligence. Critics warn that rebranding could exacerbate fears of AI replacing jobs or posing existential threats.

A recent poll revealed that half of Americans in six countries supported a temporary halt in AI development to address these concerns. U.S. lawmakers have also introduced legislation to ban the creation of "artificial superintelligence" that humans cannot control. Trump's initiative may benefit major AI corporations seeking to highlight their cutting-edge models, but many computer scientists and mathematicians see the term "superintelligence" as misleading, given the current limitations of AI technology.