Trump Renames AI to Super Intelligence in UN Speech

In a Tuesday morning address to the United Nations General Assembly, President Donald Trump announced a unilateral rebranding of artificial intelligence. Trump declared that the United States is officially changing the name of the technology to super intelligence, which will be abbreviated as SI. The president argued that the word artificial carries negative connotations, asserting that the use of the word artificial makes intelligence fake when the technology is actually amazing. He stated that all future U.S. government documents, and ideally international ones, should adopt the new terminology.

This rhetorical shift follows previous instances where Trump has sought to rename geographic landmarks and institutions, such as the Gulf of Mexico, Lake Superior, the Kennedy Center, and Denali. While digital maps quickly updated their labels for domestic users during those past episodes, Trump acknowledged the uncertainty of his executive branding power this time, telling the audience, let's see if I have any power.

Trump emphasized that the U.S. currently leads China by a lot in this sector and vowed not to stifle an industry that could surpass the impact of the Industrial Revolution or the internet. Rather than implementing preemptive regulations, the administration plans to encourage development while monitoring the sector through the Department of Justice. Trump dismissed warnings from critics who compare the existential risks of AI to climate change, labeling such concerns as alarmist hoaxes.

For developers, researchers, and tech companies, this linguistic pivot suggests a federal policy environment focused heavily on deregulation and national competitiveness. While the practical enforcement of the SI moniker remains to be seen, organizations working on federal contracts or engaging with government agencies may need to update their documentation to align with the new terminology. More broadly, the administration's stance indicates that domestic development will face minimal regulatory hurdles, with oversight limited to retroactive enforcement by the Department of Justice rather than proactive compliance mandates.