Elon Musk Fully Surrenders to Trump on 'Super Intelligence'

Key Points:

• Elon Musk announced he prefers the term “Super Intelligence” over “artificial intelligence” and plans to rename one of his companies to reflect this change, confirming a shift in branding consistent with recent political moves.
• This follows former President Trump’s executive order that rebranded artificial intelligence as “Super Intelligence,” with Trump expressing dislike for the word “artificial” and promoting the new terminology among AI business leaders.
• The term “superintelligence” historically refers to a divine or superior intelligence, a concept explored in Nick Bostrom’s book about AI surpassing human intelligence, blending speculative risks and benefits of advanced AI.
• Industry leaders like Mark Zuckerberg have used “superintelligence” aspirationally, but the recent push by Trump has created tension among AI executives, who appear reluctant and cautious about fully endorsing the new terminology.
• There remains ambiguity about whether Musk, Zuckerberg, and others are adopting “Super Intelligence” as a genuine descriptor of current AI capabilities or merely as part of a political branding effort, raising questions about future terminology and clarity in AI discourse.