Trump orders US government to call AI ‘Super Intelligence’

特朗普下令美国政府将人工智能称为“超级智能”

The US executive branch is no longer acknowledging the existence of “artificial intelligence.” Going forward, official policy websites, policy documents, and press releases will refer only to “Super Intelligence,” thanks to a new executive order signed by President Donald Trump. 美国行政部门将不再承认“人工智能”（artificial intelligence）这一术语的存在。得益于唐纳德·特朗普总统签署的一项新行政命令，今后官方政策网站、政策文件和新闻稿将仅使用“超级智能”（Super Intelligence）这一称呼。

“The word super is the best word of all, and it’s the simplest,” Trump said at an event announcing the launch of America.gov earlier on Tuesday, and said Chinese President Xi Jinping, who visited the White House last week, “loves it” too. “We don’t want to hear artificial. Because it’s not artificial. It’s very powerful, it’s very brilliant. It’s going to mostly be put to good use and we’ll stop the bad use.” Artificial, he added, “is like the news. Fake news.” He first mentioned plans for the rebrand in a speech to the United Nations General Assembly last week, aiming to quell fears over AI advancing too quickly and posing a safety risk. “‘超级’这个词是所有词汇里最好的，也是最简单的，”特朗普周二早些时候在宣布 America.gov 启动的活动上说道。他还表示，上周访问白宫的中国国家主席习近平也“很喜欢这个词”。“我们不想听到‘人工’（artificial）这个词。因为它不是人工的。它非常强大，非常卓越。它大部分会被用于正途，我们会阻止其被滥用。”他补充说，“人工”这个词“就像新闻一样，是假新闻”。他上周在联合国大会的演讲中首次提到了这一品牌重塑计划，旨在平息人们对人工智能发展过快并构成安全风险的担忧。

Executive agencies won’t have to change past regulations or documents, but it could still constitute a real (and very strange) shift. Superintelligence is one of several industry terms for particularly powerful versions of artificial intelligence, but the Trump administration is seeking to use the term as a replacement for a broader statutory definition of AI. US officials will be expected not to even acknowledge the use of the terms “artificial intelligence” or “AI” in relevant settings. 行政机构不必更改过去的法规或文件，但这仍可能构成一种实质性（且非常奇怪）的转变。“超级智能”是业内用于描述特别强大的人工智能版本的术语之一，但特朗普政府正试图用该术语来取代更广泛的“人工智能”法定定义。美国官员在相关场合甚至被要求不得承认“人工智能”或“AI”这些术语的使用。

Trump signed the executive order after a luncheon he hosted at the White House with tech CEOs and government officials to discuss what he’s now officially calling Super Intelligence. In brief public remarks after the meeting, flanked by Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang and Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk, and surrounded by other attendees, Trump called the lunch “very productive” and “extremely friendly.” 特朗普是在白宫主持了一场午宴后签署该行政命令的，出席午宴的有科技公司首席执行官和政府官员，他们讨论了特朗普现在正式称之为“超级智能”的事物。会议结束后，在英伟达首席执行官黄仁勋以及特斯拉和 SpaceX 首席执行官埃隆·马斯克的陪同下，在其他与会者的簇拥中，特朗普在简短的公开讲话中称这次午宴“非常有成效”且“极其友好”。

“There’s a belief that there should be tremendous self-regulation,” Trump said. “And we automatically have regulation with the Department of Justice, the FBI, all of that.” On the local level, where tech companies have faced the most hurdles in building out massive data centers needed to run their services, Trump says the firms will “work to make the community happy” by providing resources and economic support they may need. Ultimately, he says, “data centers are going to be very popular.” “人们认为应该进行大量的自我监管，”特朗普说，“而且我们通过司法部、联邦调查局等机构自动拥有了监管机制。”在地方层面，科技公司在建设运行其服务所需的大型数据中心时面临着重重阻碍，特朗普表示，这些公司将通过提供社区可能需要的资源和经济支持，“努力让社区满意”。他最后总结道：“数据中心将会非常受欢迎。”