Super Intelligence is the term the US executive branch will now use in place of “artificial intelligence”, following a new executive order signed by President Donald Trump. Official policy websites, policy documents and press releases are to refer only to Super Intelligence going forward, with the executive branch no longer acknowledging the phrase “artificial intelligence”.
“The word super is the best word of all, and it’s the simplest,” Trump said at an event announcing the launch of America.gov. He claimed that Chinese President Xi Jinping, who visited the White House last week, “loves it” too. “We don’t want to hear artificial. Because it’s not artificial. It’s very powerful, it’s very brilliant. It’s going to mostly be put to good use and we’ll stop the bad use.” He compared the word artificial to “the news. Fake news.” Trump first outlined plans for the rebrand during a speech to the United Nations General Assembly last week, framing it as an effort to ease concerns that AI is advancing too quickly and posing a safety risk.
What the Executive Order Changes
Executive agencies will not be required to amend past regulations or documents, yet the shift could still prove significant. Superintelligence is one of several industry terms for particularly powerful versions of artificial intelligence, but the administration intends to use it as a replacement for a broader statutory definition of AI. US officials will be expected not to acknowledge the terms “artificial intelligence” or “AI” in relevant settings.
Trump signed the executive order after hosting a luncheon at the White House with technology chief executives and government officials to discuss what he is now officially calling Super Intelligence. In brief public remarks after the meeting, flanked by Nvidia chief executive Jensen Huang and Tesla and SpaceX chief executive Elon Musk, and surrounded by other attendees, Trump described the lunch as “very productive” and “extremely friendly”.
Regulation and Data Centres
“There’s a belief that there should be tremendous self-regulation,” Trump said. “And we automatically have regulation with the Department of Justice, the FBI, all of that.” On the local level, where technology companies have faced the greatest obstacles in building the massive data centres needed to run their services, Trump said the firms would “work to make the community happy” by providing resources and economic support that communities may need. He added that “data centers are going to be very popular”.
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