United States President Donald Trump on Tuesday doubled down on rebranding artificial intelligence as “super intelligence”, claiming the tool was “far bigger” than the internet and the Industrial Revolution.
His remarks come amid concerns regarding AI flagged by owners of artificial intelligence firms, including Anthropic’s Dario Amodei and OpenAI’s Sam Altman. “…That’s the official name in the United States. I’ll be signing a very powerful executive order. I spoke to President Xi . The US President was speaking after unveiling a new AI-powered website designed as a one-stop shop for government services. “We’re changing the name to superintelligence. And so far, I mean, everybody likes it. Artificial intelligence is like the news, fake news. The word artificial.
Trump also said he had spoken to Chinese President Xi Jinping about the renaming, claiming that the latter “loves it”. Trump had used the term “super intelligence” during Xi’s Washington visit, and then again during his address at the United Nations General Assembly. He loves it,” Trump told reporters. Speaking on the renaming, Trump said the words “artificial intelligence” were akin to “fake news”. Questioning the use of the term “artificial” for the tool, the US President said, “We don’t want to hear artificial…because it’s not artificial. In fact, I could call them artificial,” Trump said.
Joe Gebbia, Airbnb Inc. co-founder, is leading the initiative as the government’s first chief design officer.
Gebbia told CNBC that the site had been developed with the assistance of Google’s Gemini and SpaceXAI’s Grok.
