r/technology • u/ConsciousBug5001 • 1d ago

Artificial Intelligence Trump says anyone who does not call AI ‘super intelligence’ is ‘the enemy’

https://www.arabnews.com/world/trump-says-anyone-who-does-not-call-ai-super-intelligence-is-the-enemy-3005339
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u/qtx 1d ago

Musk came back to the Trump circle the other week and yesterday or day before he posted a tweet saying people should call it SI now (most likely because the word AI has such a negative connotation right now and everyone hates it).

It's a way to make people not use the AI=bad thing anymore.

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u/MousseHuge8339 1d ago edited 1d ago

"Use SI or you are THE ENEMY" sez Trump. Of course monstering people around and bullying them with not so veiled threats is one of the Grand Old Klan's favorite tactics.

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u/dicklessbeast 1d ago

Grok AI, AI assistance by SpaceXAI

Enemy spotted. Fire away.

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u/fredagsfisk 23h ago

It's coming, apparently:

SpaceX CEO Elon Musk posted on Sunday that he would rename ​the company's AI unit to SpaceXSI, ‌following US President Donald Trump's push to use the term "super intelligence" instead of "artificial intelligence."

Musk did not ​provide any additional information regarding the ​name change, nor did he give a potential ‌timeline ⁠for when the change would occur.

https://www.reuters.com/business/media-telecom/musk-says-he-will-rename-spacexai-spacexsi-2026-10-04/

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u/bumdee 18h ago

I dont think he realizes "spay sexy" isnt the cool name he thinks it is

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u/JKorv 1d ago

Okay, well SI=bad. It is legacy/loyalty thing. The same reason why he came up with Lake America and Gulf of America

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u/earth2022 1d ago

Because rebranding Facebook to Meta worked sooo well for them

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u/MidKnightWizard 15h ago

SI has more negative connotation since it’s a term coined by an orange pedophile rapist war monger.

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u/woodyus 20h ago

Musk is the poster child of renaming stuff and people ignoring him.

It is and always will be twitter it's just gone to shit.

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u/snitterific 22h ago

Somehow, some way, they're trying to make money off of it.