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Trump Proposes Officially Changing Term for AI to ‘Super Intelligence’

The Courier Mail

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Trump proposes officially changing term for AI to 'super intelligence'

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This reporting highlights a rhetorical shift in political discourse where Donald Trump advocates for rebranding 'Artificial Intelligence' as 'Super Intelligence' to better reflect its growing power. While seemingly a semantic change, it signifies increasing high-level political recognition of frontier AI capabilities that could approach or exceed human cognitive levels. The framing of AI as 'super intelligence' impacts global governance discussions by potentially heightening the perceived urgency of managing existential risks associated with systems that surpass human control. However, the proposal currently lacks the technical depth or specific policy mechanisms required to address catastrophic risk reduction directly.