President Donald Trump attended an artificial intelligence summit on Wednesday, even as he revealed to the audience of eager tech moguls he was not a fan of the name.
‘Around the globe, everyone is talking about artificial intelligence,’ Trump said. ‘Artificial. I can’t stand it, I don’t even like the name.’
As the audience stared wordlessly at the president, he suggested they change the name.
‘I don’t like anything that’s artificial so can we straighten that out please?’ Trump asked. ‘We should change the name.’
As some in the audience laughed in response, Trump continued, ‘I actually mean that.’
‘I don’t like the name artificial anything, because it’s not artificial its genius. It’s pure genius,’ he said, indicating he would prefer the name ‘genius intelligence’ better than ‘artificial intelligence.’
President Trump spoke after the White House released it’s AI Action Plan on Wednesday, which detailed the administration’s efforts to boost the development and innovation of the technology.
The document recommends that Trump streamline regulations and permitting to allow companies to build massive data centers and energy sources quickly to help accelerate the industry.
US President Donald Trump delivers remarks at the “Winning the AI Race” AI Summit
The president indicated at the AI summit he hated the term ‘Artificial Intelligence’
It also recommends that the administration promote the export of American AI models abroad to help dominate the spread of the technology.
The plan also stresses the administration’s determination to enshrine the rights of free speech into artificial intelligence models, warning that the federal government would only contract with companies with AI models ‘free from top-down idealogical bias.’
During his speech, Trump announced he was getting rid of Biden’s executive order which outlined a preference preference for companies who prioritized DEI programs and climate goals.
‘We’re getting rid of woke,’ Trump said triumphantly, adding that, ‘It’s so uncool to be woke.’
He said his goal was to root out ‘partisan bias’ or idealogical agendas from tech companies and artificial intelligence models such as ‘critical race theory’ which he described as ‘ridiculous.’
‘The American people do not want woke Marxist lunacy in the AI models and neither do other countries,’ Trump said. ‘From now on the US government will only work with AI that works with truth.’
Trump acknowledged the dangers of artificial intelligence, but described the race with China and other countries on the technology as one the United States had to win.
David O. Sacks speaks onstage at the All-In and Hill & Valley Forum “Winning The AI Race”
President Donald Trump holds an executive order related to AI after signing it during the “Winning the AI Race” Summit i
‘This technology brings the potential for bad as well as for good, for peril as well as for progress but the daunting power of AI is not going to be a reason for retreat from this new frontier,’
The president signed two executive orders at the summit, joking he would not sign the executive order with an auto-pen, in a dig to his predecessor former President Joe Biden.
‘Good luck because the race has just begun and we’re going to win it,’ he said to the tech executives as he exited the event.
