Trump says anyone who does not call AI 'super intelligence' is 'the enemy'

U.S. President Donald Trump said Thursday in Washington that people who continue using the term artificial intelligence instead of super intelligence would be treated as “THE ENEMY.” He did not specify consequences. Trump previously promoted the renaming at the UN General Assembly and signed an executive order requiring U.S. government agencies to use super intelligence, while private companies are not bound by the order.

Trump announced the terminology change in a post on his Truth Social network.

Trump said his proposed term sounds much better when he discussed it at the UN General Assembly last month.

Trump signed an executive order in late September requiring the use of super intelligence across the U.S. government.

Meta and Elon Musk are among private-sector entities already adopting the terminology, although the order does not apply to private companies.

The article describes the terminology dispute as primarily political amid concerns about AI security and the spread of data centers in the United States.

Published Oct 9, 2026 2:28 am KST

President Donald Trump speaks at a meeting and luncheon on super intelligence in the East Room of the White House alongside Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk in Washington, DC on Sept. 29. UPI-Yonhap

WASHINGTON — U.S. President Donald Trump, who has said he wants the term "super intelligence" to replace artificial intelligence, said Thursday that anyone who does not heed his wishes will be treated as "THE ENEMY," without saying what the consequences would be.

"The White House considers anyone that uses the term, 'Artificial Intelligence,' as opposed to the highly accepted new and more accurate term, 'Super Intelligence,' THE ENEMY!" Trump said in a post on his Truth Social network.

Trump mentioned his proposed name change in a speech before the UN General Assembly last month, saying his new term "sounds much better."

Then in late September, Trump signed an executive order, imposing the use of "super intelligence" across the U.S. government.

That same obligation does not affect the private sector, but some there are already adopting it, including Mark Zuckerberg's Meta group.

Trump ally Elon Musk is using "super intelligence" in his posts on his X network.

The semantic debate is primarily a political one: the U.S. president, who has stridently defended the use of AI, is trying to put a positive spin on it in the face of mounting worries about AI security, and anger over the proliferation of data centers in the U.S.

More generally, Trump is a fan of renaming things or creating nicknames: he now calls the Gulf of Mexico the "Gulf of America" and converted Lake Ontario into "Lake America."

美国总统特朗普周四在华盛顿表示，继续使用“人工智能”而非“超级智能”一词的人将被视为“敌人”。他没有具体说明后果。此前，特朗普曾在联合国大会上推动更名，并签署了一项行政命令，要求美国政府机构使用“超级智能”一词，而私营公司不受该命令约束。

特朗普在他的“真相社交网络”上发帖宣布了这一术语变更。

特朗普上个月在联合国大会上讨论他的任期提议时表示，他提出的任期听起来要好得多。

特朗普于9月下旬签署了一项行政命令，要求美国政府各部门使用超级情报。

Meta 和 Elon Musk 等私营企业已经开始采用这一术语，尽管该命令不适用于私营公司。

文章将这场术语之争描述为主要出于政治原因，因为人们担心人工智能安全以及美国数据中心的扩张。

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9月29日，美国总统唐纳德·特朗普在华盛顿特区白宫东厅出席了一场关于超级智能的会议和午餐会，特斯拉和SpaceX首席执行官埃隆·马斯克也出席了会议。图片来源：UPI-Yonhap

华盛顿——美国总统唐纳德·特朗普曾表示，他希望用“超级智能”一词取代人工智能。周四，他表示，任何不听从他意愿的人都将被视为“敌人”，但他没有说明后果会是什么。

特朗普在他的“真相社交网络”上发帖称：“白宫认为，任何使用‘人工智能’一词，而不是广为接受的、更准确的新词‘超级智能’的人，都是敌人！”

特朗普上个月在联合国大会上发表讲话时提到了他提议的更名，称他的新称谓“听起来好多了”。

随后在9月下旬，特朗普签署了一项行政命令，强制美国政府使用“超级情报”。

同样的义务并不适用于私营部门，但一些私营部门已经开始接受这一义务，其中包括马克·扎克伯格的 Meta 集团。

特朗普的盟友埃隆·马斯克在他的 X 网络上发布的帖子中使用了“超级智能”。

这场语义之争本质上是一场政治之争：美国总统一直极力捍卫人工智能的使用，如今面对人们对人工智能安全性的日益担忧，以及对美国数据中心激增的愤怒，他试图为人工智能赋予积极的意义。

更广泛地说，特朗普喜欢给事物重新命名或创造昵称：他现在把墨西哥湾称为“美洲湾”，把安大略湖改名为“美洲湖”。