Here’s who is falling in line for Trump’s “Super Intelligence” loyalty test
This story originally appeared in The Algorithm, our weekly newsletter on AI.
This story originally appeared in The Algorithm, our weekly newsletter on AI.
The short version
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- At the end of September, President Trump signed an executive order that contained just one directive, ordering government agencies to rebrand what they had been calling artificial intelligence as “Super Intelligence.” That…
- One month into the attempted rebrand of “AI,” the term is not catching on.
What happened
But it’s sure to muddy our national conversation about AI anyway. The stated reason for this name change is that today’s AI systems “amplify human ingenuity” rather than merely “imitate” intelligence, and the government’s terminology should reflect that.
Why it matters
But if this rebrand follows the pattern of others, its effects will extend beyond government.
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