Trump just decided to rename artificial intelligence. That’s ‘super’ confusing
It might not seem like a big deal that US President Donald Trump has just tried to rename artificial intelligence – he unilaterally renames things all the time.
But the word he chose and the venue where he revealed it are both remarkable.
United States President Donald Trump speaks during the 81st session of the United Nations General Assembly in New York. AP Photo/Yuki Iwamura
In a meandering address to the United Nations on Tuesday (early Wednesday AEST), Trump attacked the UN and other international bodies, pondered whether he should “annihilate” Iran and declared the US would officially refer to AI as “super intelligence” from now on.
“The use of the word ‘artificial’ makes intelligence fake – it makes it sound fake, and it is not fake,” he said.
“It's actu...