Trump doubles down on rebranding AI with ‘more accurate term’ in UN speech

President Donald Trump told the United Nations General Assembly on Tuesday that U.S. government documents will change the term "artificial intelligence" to "super intelligence," saying the word "artificial" makes the technology "sound fake." Trump said the change takes effect "from this point forward," though it is not clear whether an official order mandates it; the shift would likely rename the "AI Force" he announced over the weekend to the "SI Force.

Trump doubles down on rebranding AI with ‘more accurate term’ in UN speech - President Donald Trump https://www.independent.co.uk/topic/donald-trump doubled down on his plan to rebrand AI in a speech at the United Nations General Assembly https://www.independent.co.uk/topic/united-nations-general-assembly meeting on Tuesday. - Speaking to world leaders, Trump said he would “officially” change the name of artificial intelligence https://www.independent.co.uk/topic/artificial-intelligence because the existing name makes the technology seem “fake.” - “The use of the word artificial makes intelligence fake, it makes it sound fake and it is not fake. It’s actually amazing,” Trump said. - He said that from this “point forward,” U.S. government documents “will be changed to use the much more accurate term super as opposed to artificial. So it’s super intelligence.” - It’s not clear yet if there is an official order forcing the change but it would likely mean changing the name of the “AI Force” that Trump announced this weekend to the “SI Force.” More bulletins