Trump Rebrands AI as ‘Super Intelligence,’ Says Whoever Wins SI Wins
Trump said U.S. documents would replace “artificial intelligence” with “super intelligence,” arguing the technology could be as transformative as the Industrial Revolution while pledging not to restrain its development.
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Donald Trump moved Tuesday to rebrand artificial intelligence as “super intelligence,” casting technological leadership as a strategic contest the U.S. cannot afford to lose and pledging not to restrict its expansion.
The U.S. president said the word “artificial” made the technology sound fake and called for federal documents to adopt “super” instead.
“From this point forward, all United States documents, and hopefully the world’s, will be changed to use the much more accurate term: ‘super,’ as opposed to ‘artificial,’” Trump said.
“In other words, welcome to the new world of superintelligence, SI.”
‘Whoever Wins SI, Wins’
Trump placed the technology at the center of a broader competition for global leadership, saying the country that dominates superintelligence would gain a decisive advantage.
“Whoever wins AI, you have to remember this, and now I say, whoever wins SI, whoever wins superintelligence, wins,” he said.
Trump claimed the U.S. was ahead of China “by a lot” and said his administration intended to preserve that position.
He also rejected policies that could curb the technology’s expansion.
“I’m not going to stifle the growth of something that will be bigger than the Industrial Revolution,” Trump said, adding that some assessments placed its potential impact above both the Industrial Revolution and the internet.
Technology Joins a Broader Power Agenda
The comments came as Trump presented U.S. economic, military and geopolitical power as central to his administration’s agenda.
He said America was “stronger today than ever before”, described the U.S. economy as the “envy of the world” and argued that American wealth and momentum were benefiting the wider global economy.
Trump repeatedly framed his approach around acting before threats were allowed to develop.
He said he had “no interest in leaving dangers to grow for another day” and contrasted his record with governments that, in his account, had allowed problems to persist.
"While others have talked, I have acted," he said.
Ahmet Koçak
Ahmet Koçak is a news editor at Clash Report based in Istanbul. He previously served as Deputy Managing Editor at Türkiye Today, helping launch the digital news platform in 2023, and spent three years as Senior Editor at Daily Sabah. His work focuses on breaking news, geopolitics, international affairs, and digital journalism.
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