Is Trump’s Push to Rename AI to ‘Super Intelligence’ Part of Some Bigger Conspiracy?
Donald Trump has spent recent weeks declaring that artificial intelligence (AI) is no longer called that. It’s “super intelligence” or “SI,” according to the president. Trump has even succeeded in getting the tech oligarchs like Elon Musk and Jensen Huang to use the new name.
- ▪Donald Trump has spent recent weeks declaring that artificial intelligence (AI) is no longer called that.
- ▪It’s “super intelligence” or “SI,” according to the president.
- ▪Trump has even succeeded in getting the tech oligarchs like Elon Musk and Jensen Huang to use the new name.
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| Publication time | Wed, 30 Sep 2026 19:10:37 +0000 |
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Donald Trump has spent recent weeks declaring that artificial intelligence (AI) is no longer called that. It’s “super intelligence” or “SI,” according to the president. Trump has even succeeded in getting the tech oligarchs like Elon Musk and Jensen Huang to use the new name. It all seems like a ridiculous waste of time and energy, but if you listen to folks on social media, it might be part of a larger conspiracy behind the scenes. People on X now insist Trump’s rebranding involves profiting from web domains that use .si, the top-level domain for Slovenia, the nation of 2 million people where First Lady Melania Trump is originally from.
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