Trump calls anyone who says "AI" instead of "super intelligence" an "enemy"
A Truth Social post escalates Trump's executive-order push to rename AI, even as his own White House website keeps using the term.
What to know
- Trump's Truth Social post hardens a late-September executive order that told federal agencies to replace "artificial intelligence" with "super intelligence," now branding holdouts as enemies of the White House.
- Commentators note the administration's own AI.gov site and officials kept using "AI," undermining the order's own consistency.
- Linguists quoted in coverage argue language change can't be mandated and call the rebrand a political spin that obscures AI's actual risks.
- Online reaction splits between mockery of the rebrand, dismissal as a deliberate distraction, and speculation that insiders profited from buying up .si domains ahead of the announcement.
The dispute Whether the episode deserves serious scrutiny (as a grift or authoritarian overreach) or is simply noise/distraction not worth engaging with. · positions read across 57 posts and comments
This is absurd and worth ridiculing, not a serious policy.
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“We haven't even achieved superintelligence yet and he's already started a war over its pronouns.”
@MarioNawfal · X ↗
The rebrand story is a deliberate distraction from more important issues.
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“I feel his aides are trying to distract him with nonsense like this to stop him from saying something so stupid it will sink the Republicans even further in the polls.”
verzali · Hacker News ↗
The rebrand is cover for a financial grift involving .si domain speculation.
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“just non stop grift with this regime. possibly even money laundering op.”
thinkards · Reddit ↗
Dismissing the president entirely as not worth engaging on any topic.
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“I could not care less about a single thing that the current admin thinks or feels. The quality of those opinions are the same for the local crackheads in my community.”
Peacefulz · Hacker News ↗
“Languages belong to their communities”
Emily Bender, Computational linguistics professor · CNET ↗ · Oct 8
Donald Trump U.S. President
White House Executive branch issuing the orderNaomi Susan Baron Linguist, authorEmily Bender Computational linguistics professor, AI ethics voice
Jake Tapper CNN anchor
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Linguists reject "super intelligence" as a mandated replacement
CNET commentary, citing linguists Naomi Susan Baron and Emily Bender, argued the term is a political rebrand that obscures AI's real limits and risks and that language change can't be imposed by executive order.
“Pollyannish and dangerous…”
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first by Mastodon, 4d ago
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That's comforting. If smart AI is super intelligence, then is dumb AI, er, Trump intelligence.
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Trump has said that people who use the term Artificial Intelligence, instead of Super Intelligence, are "THE ENEMY"
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I've been talking to journalists a LOT recently, and it was particularly delightful to get to speak about questions of linguistics, language change and prescriptivism, for once: https://www. cnet.com/tech/services-and-sof tware/ai-not-super-intelligence-no-one-should-use-trumps-term/
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CNN airs "Super Intelligence task force" member responding
CNN's Jake Tapper hosted a segment with a member of the administration's Super Intelligence task force addressing Trump's "enemy" declaration, which some online criticized as legitimizing the rebrand.
“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!”
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One of (if not the) world's largest news organizations is fully on board with helping carve out a happy space for whatever fantasyland Trump wants to live in, and one of their veteran hosts is inviting all their viewers to join in the fun. # journalism # USPol # politics https://www. cnn.com/2026/10/08/politics/vi…
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That's not true, though. It has knowledge. It has intelligence. The level, quality, and usefulness of that intelligence is certainly questionable, but I think you're in the minority if you think it has none. if it had none, it wouldn't be making the waves it is, and would be no threat to our jobs or society, and nobody would be taking it seriously…
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Can Apple sue the US gov for rescinding having themselves labeled the enemy by the govt? This deserves to go to court.
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Online commenters allege a .si domain grift behind the rebrand
Reddit and Hacker News commenters speculated that insiders bought up .si domain names before the rebrand announcement to profit from the name change, calling it a possible "money laundering op."
“just non stop grift with this regime. possibly even money laundering op.”
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for those that don't want to click: .ai domain names are taken over by a bunch of squatters looking to make money off selling them. .si domains on the other hand were barely taken - until a bunch of them got snagged up before trump announced it, and now whoever bought the .si domains are making lots of money selling them. just non stop grift with…
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Well, this North Korea stuff is at least somewhat entertaining. Which will be the first tech company to fully rebrand?
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Super-dementia https://www. axios.com/2026/10/08/trump-ai- super-intelligence-white-house
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Reporters note White House's own sites still say "AI"
Outlets and social posts pointed out that the administration's own AI.gov website and officials kept using "artificial intelligence," undercutting the enforceability of Trump's demand.
“Trump's own White House still uses "AI" as a term.”
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first by Mastodon, 5d ago · also The Oregonian, Axios
1 more headline
- Trump brands anyone who uses these 2 words as ‘THE ENEMY!’ AL.com · 5d ago
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Trump says anyone saying "AI" is "THE ENEMY!" The White House uses it.
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🇺🇸 Trump has DECLARED WAR on the term “Artificial Intelligence” He says anyone still calling it AI instead of his preferred “Super Intelligence” is “THE ENEMY!” The funniest part is that the White House itself is apparently behind enemy lines. Its official AI website is
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I could not care less about a single thing that the current admin thinks or feels. The quality of those opinions are the same for the local crackheads in my community. There is not a single topic, idea or concept that Donald Trump has the capacity to be an authority of.
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Trump declares AI-term users "THE ENEMY" on Truth Social
Trump posted that the White House considers anyone who uses "Artificial Intelligence" instead of "Super Intelligence" to be an enemy, hardening his push to rename the technology.
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first by NDTV, 5d ago · also The Daily Star, Arab News, Trump's Truth, Trump Truth Social, Salon, Forbes
6 more headlines
- Trump says anyone who does not call AI 'super intelligence' is 'the enemy' The Daily Star · 5d ago
- The White House considers anyone that uses the term, “Artificial Intelligence,” … Trump's Truth · 5d ago
- 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! President DONALD J. TRUMP Trump Truth Social · 5d ago
- Tech leaders embrace Trump's “super intelligence” as he calls critics “the enemy” Salon · 5d ago
- Trump says the WH considers as “THE ENEMY” anyone who uses the term Artificial Intelligence, not “the highly accepted” and “more accurate” Super Intelligence @realDonaldTrump@truthsocial.com · 5d ago
- Trump Calls Anyone Who Says ‘AI’ Instead Of ‘Super Intelligence’ An ‘Enemy’ Forbes Business · 5d ago
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first by Mediaite, 5d ago · also Newser, Joe.My.God., Yahoo
3 more headlines
- Trump: If You Say ‘AI,’ You're My ‘Enemy’ Newser · 5d ago
- Trump: You're “THE ENEMY” If You Use The Term “AI” Joe.My.God. · 5d ago
- Trump Declares AI Users His White House Enemy Yahoo · 5d ago
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Using words “artificial Intelligence" instead of "super intelligence" means you're the enemy, Trump says
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Trump says that anyone who uses the phrase "artificial intelligence" instead of "super intelligence" is "the enemy." https:// truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTru mp/posts/117406176604364910 # MachineSociety
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Huh, they updated https://america.gov at least. Last time he was ranting about this, that site had not yet been updated, which was comically stupid. Now demanding people use the wrong term is comically stupid on its own.
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background
White House orders federal agencies to say "super intelligence" — The Trump administration issued an executive order mandating that federal agencies replace "artificial intelligence" with "super intelligence" in official communications and policies, framing it as better capturing AI's "promise, potential and rapidly advancing capabilities."
Also covered reported alongside — the timeline has no entry for these yet
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3 outlets Trump AI directive sparks questions
first by Semafor, 19h ago · also Lawfare, Yahoo
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first by WBMA, 5d ago · also KBOI
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first by New Scientist, 5d ago · also CNET
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What people are saying 12 voices from 5 sites · best of 57 · verbatim
- Has anyone verified unusual .si domain purchases around the time of the executive order?
- Which, if any, tech company will actually adopt "super intelligence" branding?
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Sources: Oct. 8/9 2026 @axios.com www.axios.com/2026/10/08/t... @politico.com
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Which AI models does the administration’s framework cover? Who decides on “trusted partners”? Can developers share models with allied governments? Adam Conner on the unanswered questions about a de facto AI licensing system: https://www. lawfaremedia.org/article/the-m…
- Oct 11
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No, AI works. It’s artificial intelligence. Fake intelligence. Not real intelligence. It is the appearance of intelligence through brute force and repetition. If you guess and check every possible answer to find the correct answer it’s because you don’t understand how to deduce the correct answer without all the guessing and checking. You get the…
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- Oct 9
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Don't get distracted, it's easy enough by putting something like this out to make people focus than focus on the real things happening.
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The depths of Trump's stupidity is truly mind numbing Trump says anyone who will use term Artificial Intelligence (AI) instead of Super Intelligence (SI) will be considered enemy by the White House # AureFreePress # News # uspol # uspolitics # BreakingNews
- Oct 8
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As an aside i realise i know absolutely nothing about Slovenia, had to look it up on a map and have probably often confused it with Slovakia. I should also clarify i am not American but in fact European.
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Literally all companies selling AI products do, including those the CEOs of which signed under that paper.But OpenAI is the worst enemy because it's in their name. I would liken them to Iran or Cuba.
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I feel his aides are trying to distract him with nonsense like this to stop him from saying something so stupid it will sink the Republicans even further in the polls.
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Trump says anyone calling it AI is “the enemy.” Who's gonna tell him?
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🇺🇸 Trump just declared anyone who says “Artificial Intelligence” instead of “Super Intelligence” an ENEMY of the White House... We haven't even achieved superintelligence yet and he's already started a war over its pronouns. Writer: Oliver
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BREAKING: President Trump says the White House considers anyone who uses the term “Artificial Intelligence” the enemy.