New York:US President Donald Trump's suggestion to rename artificial intelligence (AI) as 'superintelligence' during a speech at the UN General Assembly has not gained traction among AI developers, including those in the United States.

According to Anadolu Agency, Trump's proposal came amid ongoing debates within the tech community about the potential risks of AI and whether its development should be slowed. Despite these concerns, Trump argued that imposing restrictions on AI development could allow China to surpass the US technologically. He justified the proposed name change by stating, "The use of the word artificial makes intelligence fake," and emphasized that AI is "actually amazing."

AI leaders and developers have largely resisted the idea of renaming AI. Widely used applications currently identify themselves as advanced algorithmic systems or simply as 'artificial intelligence,' arguing that 'superintelligence' is not an appropriate replacement. OpenAI, the developer of ChatGPT, acknowledged that while 'artificial intelligence' is unlikely to lose its standing soon, 'superintelligence' might eventually describe models with superhuman capabilities rather than supplanting the existing terminology.

Similarly, Elon Musk's company xAI, developer of Grok, and Claude developer Anthropic expressed skepticism about the term change. Anthropic noted that while 'superintelligence' could enter official Washington discourse, it is unlikely to replace 'artificial intelligence' in general use. Google's AI project, Gemini, concurred, suggesting that 'superintelligence' might become part of political language to signify a particular stage in technological evolution.

China's DeepSeek also weighed in, affirming that neither term would disappear nor replace the other, as they pertain to separate categories in the field of computer science and industry. The consensus among AI entities is that 'superintelligence' might describe a more advanced stage of AI development or political dialogue rather than completely replacing the current terminology.

In a related development, Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan called for a unified international legal framework to manage AI, highlighting the increasing difficulty in controlling the technology.