Trump orders federal agencies to replace ‘AI’ with ‘Super Intelligence’

A representative image.The US administration has directed federal agencies to replace the terms ‘Artificial Intelligence’ and ‘AI’ with ‘Super Intelligence’ and ‘SI’ in official government communications, according to an executive order.The order states that the terminology used by the federal government should reflect what it describes as the ‘transformative capabilities’ of technologies currently referred to as artificial intelligence.It directs executive departments and agencies, to the maximum extent permitted by law, to use ‘Super Intelligence’ and ‘SI’ instead of ‘Artificial Intelligence’ and ‘AI’ in official correspondence, public communications, websites, reports, policy documents and other non-statutory documents.The order does not require changes to previously issued regulations, presidential actions, contracts, grants or other historical documents.What will ‘Super Intelligence’ mean?For the purposes of the executive order, ‘Super Intelligence’ and ‘SI’ will refer to the same technologies and systems currently covered by the statutory definition of ‘artificial intelligence’ under section 9401(3) of title 15 of the United States Code.The definition will govern implementation of the order unless it is superseded by subsequent presidential action consistent with applicable law or by an Act of Congress.The order also directs the Assistant to the President for Science and Technology (APST) to submit proposed legislative language for a federal definition of ‘Super Intelligence’ and ‘SI’ within 60 days.The proposal will assess whether the new definition should modify, expand or supersede the existing statutory definition of artificial intelligence.It will also consider amendments to existing statutory references to ‘artificial intelligence’ and ‘AI’, as well as any additional presidential or executive action needed to implement the proposed terminology across the executive branch.Executive order points to ‘new era of Super Intelligence’The executive order describes the US as being at the forefront of a ‘new technological revolution in intelligence’, pointing to advances in frontier systems across science, medicine and other areas.It states that the capabilities of today’s frontier systems increasingly go beyond imitating or automating individual aspects of human intelligence and can amplify human capabilities and enable new forms of creativity.‘As these capabilities continue to improve, they increasingly represent not merely artificial intelligence, but a new era of Super Intelligence,’ the executive order states.The order says ‘Super Intelligence’ more appropriately reflects what the administration describes as the promise, potential and advancing capabilities of these technologies.The order will be implemented subject to existing law and the availability of appropriations, and does not alter the legal authority of executive departments or agencies.