Trump Proposes 'Super Intelligence' Name Change to Artificial AI

US President Donald Trump made headlines at the 81st United Nations General Assembly on September 22, 2026, by proposing a name change for artificial intelligence to 'super intelligence'. This suggestion was based on a public poll conducted on Truth Social, where users voted between alternatives including 'Superior Intelligence' and 'Extreme Intelligence', with 'super intelligence' emerging as the winner.

Trump argued that the term 'artificial' implies inferiority, while 'super intelligence' better captures the technology's true potential. He framed AI as a potentially game-changing field, comparable to the industrial revolution, and emphasized American technological supremacy over China in this domain.

In his speech, Trump also rejected international AI regulatory frameworks, calling them a 'globalist scheme' designed to control the technology. This stance puts the US at odds with at least 22 nations advocating for human oversight of AI systems.

The renaming proposal has raised concerns among researchers and academics, who use 'artificial intelligence' as a precisely defined term with decades of established literature behind it. Introducing 'super intelligence' could create confusion in policy discussions where precision matters.