Trump proposes renaming AI “Super Intelligence” and opposes regulation

President Donald Trump has proposed renaming Artificial Intelligence “Super Intelligence,” or “SI,” and said the change would be reflected in US government documents. He introduced the idea during his annual United Nations General Assembly address in Manhattan, while acknowledging that he was unsure whether he had the power to rename an entire scientific and industrial field.

Trump argued that “there’s nothing artificial about it” and said the United States would encourage “super intelligence” rather than rein it in. The proposal has drawn criticism because “superintelligence” is also used for a possible future form of intelligence that far exceeds human cognition, sometimes discussed alongside Artificial General Intelligence (AGI).

Geoffrey Hinton, who is widely known as a leading pioneer of AI research, recently warned that the US Congress may have “maybe a year, but not much more than a year” to regulate AI before control is lost. Hinton said AI has reached a point where it can design better AI through “recursive self-improvement,” and urged policymakers to slow down.

The article argues that renaming AI does not address concerns about regulation, independent oversight, global cooperation, or systems operating beyond human control. Trump has also rejected a global framework for controlling AI, while saying that the United States must be careful and remain competitive with China.