US President Decides on AI Terminology Change for Federal Agencies
President Trump signed an executive decree mandating the replacement of the term artificial intelligence with super intelligence in official correspondence and documents.
US President Donald Trump signed a new executive decree requiring federal agencies to use the terms 'super intelligence' and 'SI' instead of 'artificial intelligence' and 'AI' in official correspondence and public-facing materials.
Legal Definition and Terminology Change
With the executive decree signed by President Donald Trump, agencies within the executive branch were asked to use the new terms in official correspondence.
While this change does not mean a legal reclassification for now, it indicates that the existing legal definition will continue to be used as a basis.
Rationale for the New Term
The Trump administration argues that the phrase artificial intelligence can no longer adequately describe the capacity of evolving systems.
The published text emphasized that current frontier systems go beyond mimicking human intelligence, increasing creativity in fields such as science and medicine.
Scope and Legal Process
This signed executive order only covers the executive branch and does not bind private companies, universities, or state governments.
Additionally, the Chief Advisor for Science and Technology was given a sixty-day period to submit a legal language draft in order to establish a federal definition.