Trump's 'Super Intelligence' Rename Draws Online Mockery

President Donald Trump told the United Nations General Assembly on Tuesday that the U.S. government should replace the term "artificial intelligence" with "super intelligence" or "SI," arguing the current name makes the technology sound fake. No official order has been issued yet, and Trump still used "AI" as recently as Saturday when proposing an "AI Force." He ran two social media polls on Monday to pick a replacement term, with "super intelligence" winning narrowly over "superior intelligence" in the final vote. The proposed change drew widespread mockery online, with critics noting "superintelligence" already has a specific meaning in tech as a hypothetical AI surpassing human ability. Commenters also joked about conflicts with Sports Illustrated's "SI" branding and questioned whether a name change addresses real concerns about AI's societal impact.