Key facts
- President Donald Trump met with tech leaders including Mark Zuckerberg, Dario Amodei, and Jensen Huang.
- Trump announced an executive order to refer to 'artificial intelligence' as 'super intelligence'.
- The author proposed renaming 'artificial intelligence' to 'Robo Doodad'.
Following a meeting with technology leaders, President Donald Trump announced an executive order to rename 'artificial intelligence' to 'super intelligence.' Trump stated that 'super' is the best and simplest word. The author of the article, Katie Notopoulos, argues that the term 'super intelligence' is also problematic because it implies actual intelligence, which she finds insulting. Instead, Notopoulos proposes renaming AI to 'Robo Doodad' (R.D.), suggesting this term is more accurate as it acknowledges the robotic nature and the 'doodad' aspect of the technology, aiming to make it less intimidating. The author believes Trump's instinct to rename AI is correct but that he did not go far enough in rebranding the technology.