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That hands-off approach aligns with Trump\u2019s general strategy for combating AI risks. The president is so determined to win the so-called AI race that he won\u2019t put any meaningful guardrails on the industry. Meanwhile, polls show most voters want stricter AI regulations ahead of the mid-term elections.<\/p>\n
Critics worry that Trump\u2019s most recent attempt to rebrand \u201cartificial intelligence\u201d (AI) to \u201csuper intelligence\u201d (SI) will only confuse the public even more about AI risks, while serving primarily to make Trump feel like the US has already achieved a milestone in AI that is, in reality, quite far off.<\/p>\n
With US firms like OpenAI seemingly losing control of their frontier models, Trump\u2019s understanding of AI risks also continues to draw scrutiny.<\/p>\n
But Trump wants to be trusted as the sole authority on AI, no questions asked. At a recent United Nations assembly, Trump claimed his rebrand is simply because the president thinks the word \u201carti\ufb01cial\u201d makes the technology sound \u201cfake,\u201d the South China Morning Post reported. He\u2019s used security scandals to argue that frontier AI now goes beyond \u201cmerely imitating or automating aspects of human intelligence\u201d and that supposedly makes \u201csuper intelligence\u201d a \u201cbetter re\ufb02ection\u201d of American AI firms; \u201cgrowing capabilities and potential,\u201d SCMP reported.<\/p>\n
Trump officials have already adopted SI as a preferred term. In the DOJ\u2019s press release, Assistant Attorney General for National Security John A. Eisenberg declared that \u201cSI is the defining technology of the era.\u201d Even though AI leaders know the term is technically inaccurate, CEOs like Huang and Elon Musk have also committed to using SI.<\/p>\n
Kyle Chan, a fellow at the Brookings Institution, told SCMP that Trump\u2019s just trying to project American dominance while ignoring risks. By overhyping today\u2019s AI, the president hopes his rebrand will tie his legacy to the moment AI exceeded human capabilities.<\/p>\n
Chan joined California governor Gavin Newsom in warning that the rebrand risks heightening \u201csome people\u2019s perception of risk and fear\u201d amid frontier AI firms claiming that the technology could soon pose existential risks.<\/p>\n
Newsom outright rejected Trump\u2019s rebrand\u2014describing it as an \u201cimpotent and craven failure to address well-documented emerging security and safety risks.\u201d<\/p>\n
And \u201crespectfully,\u201d so does China\u2019s foreign ministry, SCMP reported. Both governments have immense influence over AI regulations and will continue using AI, not SI.<\/p>\n