If You’re an AI Critic, Trump’s ‘Super Intelligence’ Rebrand Is a Gift
You have to admit, the term “Super Intelligence” has a certain beauty to it, assuming you find it beautiful when the artificial intelligence business comes across as laughable and embarrassing. Sadly, words have meanings, and those of us with at least somewhat of an obligation to phrase things accurately can’t just start replacing “artificial intelligence”—which is the widely accepted term for a real technology—with a new term simply because the President of the United States prefers it. But ironically using the phrase “Super Intelligence” is the most fun I’ve had with tech lingo since “X, the everything app.” The president’s decision to try to rename the technology kicked off on September 19 with an online poll, allowing users to vote on the new name.
- ▪You have to admit, the term “Super Intelligence” has a certain beauty to it, assuming you find it beautiful when the artificial intelligence business comes across as laughable and embarrassing.
- ▪Sadly, words have meanings, and those of us with at least somewhat of an obligation to phrase things accurately can’t just start replacing “artificial intelligence”—which is the widely accepted term for a real technology—with a new term sim
- ▪But ironically using the phrase “Super Intelligence” is the most fun I’ve had with tech lingo since “X, the everything app.” The president’s decision to try to rename the technology kicked off on September 19 with an online poll, allowing u
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You have to admit, the term “Super Intelligence” has a certain beauty to it, assuming you find it beautiful when the artificial intelligence business comes across as laughable and embarrassing. Sadly, words have meanings, and those of us with at least somewhat of an obligation to phrase things accurately can’t just start replacing “artificial intelligence”—which is the widely accepted term for a real technology—with a new term simply because the President of the United States prefers it. But ironically using the phrase “Super Intelligence” is the most fun I’ve had with tech lingo since “X, the everything app.” The president’s decision to try to rename the technology kicked off on September 19 with an online poll, allowing users to vote on the new name.
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