Elon Musk Renames SpaceX to SpaceXSI After Trump's AI Order

President Trump recently signed an executive order that renames artificial intelligence as 'Super Intelligence.' He thinks 'artificial' sounds negative. Now Elon Musk says he'll rename his rocket company SpaceX to SpaceXSI to go along with it. Musk posted on X that he prefers the term 'Super Intelligence' and agreed to the name change when a user suggested it. This comes after Trump claimed that AI business leaders have agreed to use his preferred term.

The term 'superintelligence' originally meant a godlike or divine intelligence, not computer AI. It was popularized by philosopher Nick Bostrom in his book about a future where machines outsmart humans. Trump's order dubiously claims this technology can do 'much more than imitate or automate discrete aspects of human intelligence.' But off the cuff, Trump said he just dislikes the word 'artificial.' Business leaders like Mark Zuckerberg have used 'superintelligence' to describe ambitious AI goals, but Trump's use is more about branding than science.

This rebranding is mostly symbolic, but it shows how politics is seeping into the AI world. At a recent AI summit, CEOs from Anthropic, Meta, OpenAI, Nvidia, and Google seemed to go along with it, possibly to avoid presidential ire. As one writer put it, they're humiliating themselves to pass a loyalty test. For you, this means the AI products you use could be shaped by political pressures, not just technical merit. It also signals that AI is becoming a bigger political issue, which could lead to new laws and regulations that affect everything from privacy to job automation.

In the end, whether we call it AI or Super Intelligence, the technology itself won't change. But the name game matters because it influences public perception and policy. So next time you hear 'Super Intelligence,' remember it's just a rebranding of AI – and the real impact will come from how it's used, not what it's called.