On Saturday, Sept. 19, President Trump opened a poll on X and on his own platform, Truth Social, calling for a name change to “Artificial Intelligence.”
“Many people think that the words ‘Artificial Intelligence’ are inaccurate, and very ineloquent, relative to AI, or Artificial Intelligence,” Trump shared on social media. “A far more elegant and accurate description of this new phenomena [sic] would be Superior Intelligence (SI) or, Extreme Intelligence (EI) or, Supreme Intelligence (SI).”
Many people think that the words “Artificial Intelligence” are inaccurate, and very ineloquent, relative to AI, or Artificial Intelligence. A far more elegant and accurate description of this new phenomena would be Superior Intelligence (SI) or, Extreme Intelligence (EI) or,…
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) September 19, 2026
Trump then opened a poll on the platforms, with options to vote on the “best name for this ever growing ‘Revolution.'” As of this writing, “Superior Intelligence” was in the lead on X with around 39 percent of the vote.
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The poll comes shortly after the president called the fears around AI a “hoax” on social media this week. He also said he won’t hinder the growth of the AI industry, which aligns with his administration’s enthusiastic adoption of the technology.
Trump wants to meet with AI executives next week, the New York Timesreported, though a White House official told the Timeson Thursday that no meeting was on the calendar. Both Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei and OpenAI CEO Sam Altman recently agreed that the industry should slow AI development, following the resignation of an Anthropic researcher who said AI could “kill us all” by the end of the decade.
Other lawmakers in the U.S. seek to regulate AI. On Friday, California Gov. Gavin Newsom issued an executive order to create a panel to strengthen the state’s AI safety laws.
Just this week, reports surfaced that a U.S. military analyst generated a false report using AIthat “almost started a war” with China.
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