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Trump says anyone who does not call AI 'super intelligence' is 'the enemy'

WASHINGTON — U.S. President Donald Trump, who has said he wants the term "super intelligence" to replace artificial intelligence, said Thursday that anyone who does not heed his wishes will be treated as "THE ENEMY," without saying what the consequences would be. "The White House considers anyone that uses the term, 'Artificial Intelligence,' as opposed to the highly accepted new and more…

Trump says anyone who does not call AI 'super intelligence' is 'the enemy'

President Donald Trump has asserted that anyone who continues to refer to artificial intelligence as "artificial intelligence" will be treated as an enemy by the United States government. He made this statement on Thursday through a post on his Truth Social network. The White House considers individuals who use the term "Artificial Intelligence" to be opposed to the more accurate and preferred term "Super Intelligence."

Trump first proposed this name change during a speech before the UN General Assembly last month, stating that his new term sounds much better. In late September, he signed an executive order requiring the use of "super intelligence" throughout the U.S. government. While this obligation does not apply to the private sector, some companies, such as Meta under Mark Zuckerberg and Elon Musk's X network, have already adopted the new terminology.

The semantic debate surrounding this issue is primarily political, as Trump, who strongly supports the use of AI, aims to implement his vision for the future of AI in the United States.

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