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What changedDonald Trump said the word “artificial” makes intelligence sound fake, and used that as his explanation for calling it “super intelligence” in US government documents. The remarks came during his speech to the UN General Assembly, where he also described the technology as potentially bigger than the Industrial Revolution or the internet.
Trump said the US would encourage the technology rather than rein it in, while claiming that the Justice Department and other law-enforcement bodies would watch it closely and intervene if necessary. He offered no new timetable, legal instrument or technical standard for the proposed terminology.
He also said the US is leading China in the field “by a lot”, without providing evidence for that comparison. The new detail turns an already striking naming announcement into a broader statement of policy posture: ambitious support for AI, paired with oversight described in broad terms rather than measurable rules.
Sources and evidence- In his UN General Assembly speech, President Trump says the US is "officially" renaming AI to "super intelligence" because "artificial" makes it sound fake (Richard Lawler/The Verg: Trump has expanded his proposed US government renaming of artificial intelligence to “super intelligence” into a wider pro-development position, saying the term “artificial” sounds fake, that the US leads China by a lot and that oversight should come through law enforcement rather than broad restraints. These are claims made in his speech, not independently established facts.
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