Trump wants to rename Artificial Intelligence ‘Super Intelligence’ — but something else worries me

If there's one thing President Donald Trump is good at, it's misdirection: focusing your attention on what doesn't matter so he can actively ignore the most distressing problems.

So it comes as little surprise that he is now campaigning to rename Artificial Intelligence to "Super Intelligence".

In the meantime, he's downplaying concerns and promising to give AI... er...

SI "free rein".

Trump rolled out the name change during his annual United Nations General Assembly address in Manhattan on Tuesday, admitting that he doesn't know if he has the power to rename an entire science, technology discipline, and industry.

But naturally, the guy who bulldozes buildings first and never asks questions later is willing to try.

"Welcome to the world of super intelligence, dash, SI, SI, " Trump declared.

"Let's see if that sticks.

Let's see if that goes.

It sounds much better, and it's much more accurate." He even plans to change the usage across all government documents, which should only foster mass confusion.

The rationale here is that "there's nothing artificial about it," whatever that means.

Trump loves his superlatives, like "greatest ever," "beautiful," "tremendous," "huge" (or "Yuge").

"Super" fits the mold.

But it's also inaccurate.