Beyond AI: Why I Think "Super Intelligence" Makes Sense (And Why We’ll Still Say AI)
The words we use to describe technology shape how we understand and teach it. As someone who spends every day breaking down AI trends and teaching students how technology works, I’m constantly thinking about how our language impacts our understanding. When a single stroke of a presidential pen attempts to rebrand humanity’s most transformative tool, it instantly gets my attention. In late September 2026, U.S. President Donald Trump hosted over 40 top tech executives—including leaders from OpenAI , Anthropic , Google , Meta, Nvidia , and SpaceXAI—at the White House. Beyond establishing voluntary safety frameworks and launching a federal " Super Intelligence Force," the administration made a headline-grabbing move: an executive order officially replacing the term " Artificial Intelligence " (AI) with "Super Intelligence" (SI) across the executive branch. This rebrand brought up a fundamental question for me: Is changing the name from AI to SI actually ...