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‘Quintessential Trump Fashion’: Donald Trump Wants to Rename AI to Super Intelligence

The Australian

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News24 host Rita Panahi says US President Donald Trump wants AI to be called super intelligence, in “quintessential Trump fashion”.

Summary

This report examines Donald Trump's rhetorical shift in referring to Artificial Intelligence as 'Super Intelligence,' a term traditionally reserved for systems that surpass human cognitive capabilities across all domains. While the change appears largely cosmetic and personality-driven, it signals a high-level political awareness of the trajectory toward AGI and the potential for catastrophic risks associated with advanced systems. The discussion highlights how mainstream political discourse is beginning to adopt terminology that aligns with frontier AI safety concerns, albeit through a lens of nationalistic competition and branding rather than rigorous governance frameworks.