Trump Gives AI a New Name in UN Speech

President Trump prefers the term "super intelligence" over "artificial intelligence," and he encouraged the world to adopt the new term during his UN speech on Tuesday, reports the Guardian. The president said the name change would be reflected in official US documents going forward. "Let's see if I have any power," he joked in regard to getting everyone to switch from AI to "SI." The president defended the technology and dismissed doomsday scenarios, adding that the US "rejects any attempt to construct a globalist scheme to control" the tech, per the New York Times.

"We will only encourage super intelligence," Trump declared. "We're going to encourage it, not rein it in." He predicted it would be "bigger than the Industrial Revolution" and that the US would lead the way "safely and responsibly." CNBC has a video clip.