Trump’s AI Renaming Plan Misses the Point for His Base

gizmodo.com

President Donald Trump proposed renaming artificial intelligence to alternatives like "Superior Intelligence" or "Supreme Intelligence," arguing the current term is inaccurate and ineloquent, with polls showing "Superior Intelligence" initially leading. Trump ran polls on Twitter and Truth Social, later adopting "Super Intelligence" after it gained traction, and announced plans for an "AI Force" with a future AI "Czar," while comparing AI doomerism to climate change. The term "superintelligence" was coined by philosopher Nick Bostrom in 1997 to describe an intellect surpassing human capabilities, and Trump's proposals face criticism for implying human inferiority and evoking fears about AI's risks.


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