Trump says anyone who uses the phrase "artificial intelligence" is "the enemy"

techblueberry

What an odd thing to say.

jjgreen

I say "AI", and so does my wife

Zambyte

Huh, they updated https://america.gov at least. Last time he was ranting about this, that site had not yet been updated, which was comically stupid. Now demanding people use the wrong term is comically stupid on its own.

CoolestBeans

Feel like he missed the chance to brand it American Intelligence but I'm not exactly sure the neurons have been firing off lately.

legitster

My tinfoil hat theory: - The AI companies came to the White House to ask for legal protections and concessions, expecting a fight - The Trump administration rolled over completely and wholeheartedly, and the companies were surprised how easily he did it and what (to them) sane positions he took - Trump's earnest enthusiasm for AI looks really bad by association - AI insiders are now seeding him with increasingly insane ideas in order to create distance from the "sane" positions the industry is taking

verzali

I feel his aides are trying to distract him with nonsense like this to stop him from saying something so stupid it will sink the Republicans even further in the polls.

thiht

No need for this, the Trump administration has been the enemy all along

xvxvx

I’ve been saying that for years…

pllbnk

Literally all companies selling AI products do, including those the CEOs of which signed under that paper. But OpenAI is the worst enemy because it's in their name. I would liken them to Iran or Cuba.

MarvinYork

K2 Horizon 0.9B should be renamed Trump Intelligence.

jefurii

He makes his people lie or do stupid and demeaning things as a way of testing their loyalty to him.

mac3n

yeah, sooner later everybody is "the enemy".

Peacefulz

I could not care less about a single thing that the current admin thinks or feels. The quality of those opinions are the same for the local crackheads in my community. There is not a single topic, idea or concept that Donald Trump has the capacity to be an authority of.

kccoder

The enemy of the people claims that not using his preferred naming for things makes you the enemy.

AnimalMuppet

"Artificial intelligence". There, I said it. If that makes me his enemy, well, that's his choice. And: > the highly accepted new and more accurate term, 'Super Intelligence,' Highly accepted? Let's, um, just call that "not yet proven". More accurate? Let's just say that's "disputable". New? Yeah, I'll give him that one. Look, Mr. Trump. You're my president. You're not my king, my dictator, or my technical dictionary. You're an office-holder whose legitimate powers are circumscribed by the Constitution, and ordering me not to use certain terms isn't in there. (In fact, rather the opposite. See Amendment 1.)

croes

Artificial intelligence is Superintelligence. Freedom is slavery. And the self proclaimed free speech absolutist can’t brownnose fast enough.

rsynnott

Even for him, this is quite weird behaviour.

cosmicgadget

Well, this North Korea stuff is at least somewhat entertaining. Which will be the first tech company to fully rebrand?

tim333

Very 1984. I think us residents of Oceania should embrace such goodthink.

ncr100

Can Apple sue the US gov for rescinding having themselves labeled the enemy by the govt? This deserves to go to court.