During a recent summit with Chinese leadership, President Donald Trump emerged with an unusual takeaway about artificial intelligence: a new name for the technology.
According to Trump, Chinese President Xi Jinping appeared to appreciate the idea of renaming artificial intelligence to “Super Intelligence” at their meeting on Thursday at the White House. This naming change was mentioned by Trump in a Truth Social post the following day, detailing their discussions around the technology. Following Trump’s announcement at the United Nations General Assembly on Tuesday, State Department staff were told to adopt the new terminology, as reported by the Hill.
In a Truth Social update on Friday morning, Trump described the meeting as “very productive” for both the U.S. and China, hinting at “tremendous” developments to come. He noted, “Like almost everyone else, he seemed to like calling the poorly and inaccurately named Artificial Intelligence to a far more accurate and important name, SUPER INTELLIGENCE. That would be ‘SUPER!’ Everyone last night agreed, also.”
Interestingly, when Xi spoke about the technology during the meeting, he didn’t actually use the term “Super Intelligence.” He emphasized the importance of developing artificial intelligence responsibly and ensuring it remains under human control to benefit humanity.
Trump previously remarked at the UN General Assembly, “The use of the word ‘artificial’ makes intelligence fake… it is not fake. It’s actually amazing.” He stressed that the new name is “much more accurate.”
Neither the White House nor the Chinese Embassy in Washington responded promptly to requests for comment.
The term “Superintelligence” is already linked to advanced AI systems that may surpass human cognitive abilities across various tasks. In a May 2023 blog post, OpenAI described these future systems as “dramatically more capable than even artificial general intelligence.”
Additionally, Trump announced plans to appoint an “AI ‘Czar’” to head an “AI Force,” according to his Truth Social message.
