Inside Trump's "super intelligence" naming problem
President Trump proposed renaming artificial intelligence to "super intelligence" and launched a poll offering alternatives like Superior Intelligence and Supreme Intelligence. He then announced that the U.S. would use "super intelligence" in all official government documents. Trump later said that Chinese President Xi Jinping appeared to support this new terminology.
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10 sourcesUS diplomats told to use term ‘super intelligence’ not ‘artificial intelligence’ after Trump's call
Trump thinks the only real problem with AI is its name, prefers ‘super intelligence’
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12 sourcesDiplomats ordered to use 'super intelligence' instead of 'artificial intelligence' in Trump push
Trump Says AI Is Now Super Intelligence. What’s Really Super Is the Internet Response
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11 sourcesTrump: Xi seemed supportive of AI rebrand to 'super intelligence'
US diplomats told to use term ‘super intelligence’ not ‘artificial intelligence’ after Trump’s call
Welcome to SI: Trump Tells U.N. that America Is Replacing Term Artificial Intelligence with 'Super Intelligence'
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2 developments- Sep 22Trump says AI will be renamed 'super intelligence' in all US documents
- Sep 25Trump: Xi 'seemed to like' calling AI 'Super Intelligence'
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