Trump seeks a new name for AI: Super Intelligence or Superior Intelligence

Trump puts the naming question to the public

Trump is looking for a new name for artificial intelligence, with the White House asking the public to choose between Super Intelligence and Superior Intelligence.

The White House has asked users to choose between “Super Intelligence” and “Superior Intelligence” in a new poll on X. The question, attributed to President Donald Trump, asks which name people prefer for the “new phenomena.” Two voting buttons appear directly beneath the post.

Published on September 21 at 19:08 Israel time, the poll had recorded 8,959 votes when we captured the screenshot for this article. The display said 23 hours remained. These are figures from that moment, while voting was still open. Our lead image reproduces the original post, including its wording and both choices, so readers can see exactly what the White House put to its audience.

Similar words, different emphasis

This is a naming poll about artificial intelligence. Both options retain the word Intelligence, but frame it differently. Super suggests exceptional power or capability beyond the ordinary; Superior points toward being above something else. The distinction is subtle on the screen, yet it invites different expectations about the technology being described.

One expression can sound like a leap in capability. The other immediately invites a comparison: superior to whom, and at what task? That is a reading of the words offered in the poll, rather than a technical definition supplied by the White House. For Hebrew readers, we render the alternatives approximately as superintelligence and superior intelligence, while recognizing that their associations do not translate perfectly.

At the center of the choice is the word artificial. It describes how the intelligence originated, while the proposed names shift attention toward capability. The same technology therefore acquires a different story through its name, before the conversation reaches any particular model or application.

The replies are debating language too

Among the replies visible beneath the post were suggestions to retain artificial intelligence, use intelligence without a modifier, or call it quantum intelligence. These were users’ suggestions in the replies. The actual ballot contained only the two choices offered by the White House.

The responses show how quickly a naming exercise can lead to a broader conversation. Should a name describe how a system was built, what it can do, or its relationship with people? Someone using a tool to draft a paragraph may think of an assistant. Someone delegating an entire task may think of a working partner. Our vocabulary shifts alongside the expectations we bring to the technology.

A question from the official White House account

The publisher gives the poll its news significance. It comes from the official White House account and presents the question in the president’s name. Discussion of the terminology is therefore appearing in the administration’s direct communication with the public, beyond conversations among technology companies, researchers and users.

The administration has an established policy interest in AI. On July 23, 2025, the White House announced America’s AI Action Plan, describing more than 90 policy actions across innovation, infrastructure, and international diplomacy and security. Its announcement included data centers, semiconductor factories and exports of American technology. That provides the policy background; the new post asks people to choose a name.

What readers are being asked to choose

The attached screenshot preserves the question, its attribution to Trump and the voting buttons. It does not display percentages for the options, so it cannot establish which one was leading. Readers can check the current ballot through the original post linked in the sources.

The choice raises an interesting question even before anyone clicks: which name best describes what we expect from the next generation of AI? A name highlights one feature while leaving others in the background. Artificial draws attention to technological origin; both alternatives in this poll emphasize capability and power. The next things to watch are the public’s choice and the terminology used in subsequent White House communications.