Trump Vows 'AI Force,' Czar; Polls Name Change
Trump Vows 'AI Force,' Czar; Polls Name Change
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President Donald Trump said Saturday he plans to create an "AI Force" and name an AI czar, as Washington faces growing calls to put guardrails on artificial intelligence, CNN and Reuters reported.
The same day, Trump posted a poll on Truth Social asking his followers to vote on a replacement name for "artificial intelligence," which he called "inaccurate" and "very ineloquent."
His three options: "Superior Intelligence," "Extreme Intelligence" and "Supreme Intelligence," according to The Hill.
Trump again dismissed warnings about the technology as "hoaxes" and vowed to "cherish, help" the industry, Deutsche Welle reported.
Timeline
Trump posts a Truth Social poll pitching "Superior Intelligence," "Extreme Intelligence" and "Supreme Intelligence" as replacements for "artificial intelligence," telling followers to vote on which is best. He calls the current name inaccurate and "very ineloquent."
Hours later, Trump says he will create an "AI Force" and appoint an AI czar, Reuters and CNN report. He offers no detail on what the force would do or who would run it.
Reactions
Trump's own position is the loudest one on the record: he has called doomsday warnings about AI a "hoax" and said he intends to "cherish, help" the industry rather than slow it down, per Deutsche Welle.
Deutsche Welle reported that the announcement lands amid mounting pressure to police the technology — including from inside the AI industry itself.
Mediaite, which first flagged the poll, described the exercise as puzzling, noting Trump is asking the public to rename a technology whose name no president controls.
What's Next
Trump has not said when the "AI Force" would be stood up, what authority it would carry, or whom he will name as AI czar. Those details are the test of whether Saturday's announcement is policy or a slogan.
The naming poll has no mechanism behind it. No federal action can compel researchers, companies or the rest of the world to stop saying "artificial intelligence."
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The term "artificial intelligence" dates to 1955 and was coined by Stanford professor John McCarthy, according to Wire's summary of Mediaite's reporting.
Two of Trump's three suggested names — "Superior Intelligence" and "Supreme Intelligence" — would share the same initials, SI.
Poll
Does the federal government need an "AI Force" and an AI czar?
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