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  • Is there more context anyone can give to help understand what’s going on: I read the post but curious if AGI is just morphing into SI in lingo? Why is it being politicized?
    by dieselgate
  • For many outside the US, and undoubtedly some within it, the term SI is a source of embarrassment. But it’s good to know who bends the knee.
    by speak_plainly
  • For my sanity I don't follow US politics too closely, if "super intelligence" is truly being pushed hard then it seems reasonable to assume the reason why is to assert control of truth. Who are you to disagree with Super Intelligence when it tells you that Haitians are eating dogs?
    by pebbly_bread
  • I've noticed it has another benefit of giving the administration an out when they get hard questions about AI. They can huff and puff about calling it SI instead of answering the question.
    by dfxm12
  • I might challenge the idea this is “smart politics”. Like I can get the tactics, but it feels disconnected from a greater strategy.

    The best I can figure out is I guess good for the next two years having people subordinate to your administration.

    by techblueberry
  • It may not even be as thought out as that. I think he’s simply trying to link his Presidency to AI in a way that lasts. So of AI does take over the world, which it won’t, it will be his legacy, of sorts.

    But yeah, in the meantime it’s a humiliation ritual. Good.

    by xvxvx
  • I am simply not purchasing a .si domain.

    If really a new expression need to be coined, that should be something that means derived Intelligence/type II Intelligence etc. What is intelligence anyway?

    It's just a weird attempt at cementing some legacy. The rest of the world is not going to go along with it.

    Then again, flattering thinking machines is not too bad, ... just in case :D

    by aatd86
  • The thing about this is, that when a new technology truly succeeds the name fades away. The same will happen with .ai or .si if anyone takes that seriously.

    We don't call HDTVs that anymore. We just call them TVs. Like what happened when Color TVs became the norm.

    At some point a Self-Driving Car will just be a car.

    At some point mentioning that a product includes AI will sound silly because it will just be a given.

    At that point having ai inclusion be part of the products name will sound as outdated as saying Color TV.

    by getfacl

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