Governor Newsom refuses to rename AI as superintelligence — The National

In the United States, California Governor Gavin Newsom said the state would not comply with President Donald Trump’s requirement to call artificial intelligence “superintelligence.” Newsom wrote on X that he had signed an order permanently establishing Artificial Intelligence as the name for this technology in California. This was reported by The National.

White House initiative

Trump began promoting the new name in mid-September. At the time, he told reporters that he wanted to call AI “superintelligence” because, in his view, the word “artificial” does not reflect the essence of the technology.

The president later repeated the idea during an address to the UN General Assembly and at a White House meeting devoted to concerns about the technology. According to the publication, Trump also said he intended to require all U.S. government agencies to use the abbreviation SI from now on.

The attempt to change the established name caused confusion. In the executive order signed by the president on renaming the technology, the name United States was misspelled. Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang also corrected himself several times during a speech in Washington when he used the familiar AI instead of SI.

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Established term and public concerns

Technology experts noted that the term AI superintelligence is already used in research. It usually refers to a hypothetical technology capable of performing complex cognitive functions and surpassing human reasoning abilities.

Former chief technologist of the U.S. Federal Trade Commission Neil Chilson supported criticism of the name “artificial intelligence.” He referred to material about scientist John McCarthy, who coined the term while planning the first conference in the field in 1956, but later considered the name “computational intelligence” more accurate.

A Quinnipiac poll cited by The National showed that nearly eight in 10 U.S. voters prioritize safety over the speed of AI development. About 73% of respondents opposed the construction of AI data centers in their communities. Another study by the Pew Research Center found that a median of 55% of adults in 18 high-income countries expect AI to reduce the number of jobs over the next 20 years.