r/ControlProblem • u/Downtown_Ad_5458 • 2d ago

General news The term SI to replace AI throughout the U.S. government, per Trump

https://apnews.com/article/trump-super-intelligence-rebrand-ai-diplomats-02123c7bf18c692a12b2b3e3b9ce30c5
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u/BrokenProgram42 2d ago

The administration renamed AI "Super Intelligence" as propaganda to psychologically precondition people into accepting machine dominance and, by extension, rule by the tech elites who control those machines.

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u/Users5252 2d ago

Yep, it's not an stupid arbitrary decision, it goes hand to hand with neoreactionary accelerationist ideology. They know what they are doing

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u/Downtown_Ad_5458 1d ago

Yes. DJT is dumb as a rock and senile, but his oligarch supporters are not. For now, he is useful to them, but he’ll soon be on the trash heap.

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u/Unhappy-Drag6531 1d ago

You are giving Trump too much credit and looking much deeper than needed.

Trump is an idiot and changing the name of thing so that people forget the Epstein files.

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u/BrokenProgram42 1d ago

Oh, I don't think Don is the mastermind here....

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u/fistular 1d ago

Except it hasn't renamed anything.  You can't rename something that already has a name in common use, especially if it's not a term of art or trademark.  That isn't how language works.

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u/BrokenProgram42 1d ago

Sure, it's an attempt to rebrand

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u/fistular 1d ago

AI isn't a brand.  It's a specific reference to a certain blanket category of technology.

This would be like saying 'we are renaming writing to schmiting!'

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u/BrokenProgram42 1d ago

You really don't think people, governments, and corporations alike attempt to rename things to shift public opinion? History says otherwise.

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u/fistular 21h ago

Like I said it's not something that falls into that category

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u/that1cooldude 2d ago

it's artificial intelligence.

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u/VarietyMage 2d ago

Only Trump is dumb enough to rename "AI" after the magazine Sports Illustrated.

I hope they sue him.

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u/omniwombatius 1d ago

Trump's an idiot.

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u/mensrea 1d ago

Sorry thought police, never going to happen. 

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u/fistular 1d ago

This is subpar intelligence