
要么用“超级智能”,要么没得商量。唐纳德·特朗普总统周四表示,任何不使用他偏好的“超级智能”(SI)这一术语的人,都将被视为白宫的“敌人”。“白宫认为,任何使用‘人工智能’这一术语、而非广受欢迎且更准确的新术语‘超级智能’的人,都是敌人!”特朗普在Truth Social上发帖称。特朗普的声明暗示,白宫可能会惩罚不遵守其指定用语的公司或个人,如果强制执行,这很可能构成对《第一修正案》的典型违反。
It's SI or else. President Donald Trump said on Thursday that anyone who doesn't use his preferred term of super intelligence (SI) will be considered an "enemy" of the White House. "The White House considers anyone that uses the term, 'Artificial Intelligence,' as opposed to the highly accepted new and more accurate term, 'Super Intelligence,' THE ENEMY!" Trump posted on Truth Social. Trump's statement suggests the White House may punish companies or individuals who do not abide by its preferred speech, which would be a potential textbook First Amendment violation if enforced.
白宫已着手重新定义“人工智能”这一术语,特朗普称这表明该技术是“虚假的”。尽管一些公司,尤其是拥有“超级智能实验室”的Meta,在特朗普近期采取行动之前,其品牌中就已包含“超级智能”的概念,但这些描述更多是关于人工智能的未来,而非完全拒绝使用这一术语本身。9月底,特朗普在白宫与行业领袖会面后签署了一项行政命令,要求联邦各部门和机构“在法律允许的最大范围内”,在官方信函、公共传播、网站及其他官方沟通中,“使用‘超级智能’和‘SI’来替代‘人工智能’和‘AI’”。
The White House has moved to rebrand artificial intelligence, which Trump said suggests that the technology is "fake." While some companies, most notably Meta, which has a SuperIntelligence Labs, had super intelligence embedded in their branding before Trump's recent move, their descriptions were more about the future of artificial intelligence than an outright rejection of the terminology itself. After meeting with industry leaders in late September at the White House, Trump signed an executive order that required federal departments and agencies "to the maximum extent permitted by law" to use "'Super Intelligence' and 'SI' in place of 'Artificial Intelligence' and 'AI' in official correspondence, public communications, websites," among other official communications.
该命令不适用于OpenAI等私营企业,因为白宫没有法律权力强制执行此类措施。自特朗普发表言论和下达命令以来,至少有一家公司已遵从白宫的意愿。SpaceX首席执行官埃隆·马斯克在X上写道,这家航天科技公司将将其AI部门SpaceXAI更名为SpaceXSI。如果马斯克兑现承诺,这将是今年原名为xAI的部门第二次更名。
The order did not apply to private-sector companies like OpenAI because the White House has no legal authority to enforce such a measure. Since Trump's statements and orders, at least one company has followed the White House's wishes. SpaceX CEO Elon Musk wrote on X that the space and technology company would rename its AI unit, SpaceXAI, to SpaceXSI. If Musk follows through on his promise, it would be the second such rebrand for what was originally known as xAI this year.
今年2月,SpaceX宣布收购Grok聊天机器人的开发者xAI,并于7月将该部门更名为SpaceXAI。
In February, SpaceX announced that it was acquiring xAI, makers of the Grok chatbot, and rechristened the unit as SpaceXAI in July.
截至周四下午,SpaceXAI的X账户上仍然显示着“SpaceXAI”。其他顶尖的人工智能和科技公司会采取何种行动,仍有待观察。在备受期待的人工智能午餐会当天,特朗普公开表达了他的期望,这引发了一些尴尬。在白宫的一场小组讨论中,英伟达首席执行官王坚在说“AI”时纠正了自己,本应说的是“SI”。在特朗普仅站在几英尺之外的场合,OpenAI总裁格雷格·布罗克曼表示,该公司“构建人工智能”是为了帮助所有人。
As of Thursday afternoon, SpaceXAI's X account still said "SpaceXAI." It remains to be seen what other leading AI and tech companies will do. There was a bit of awkwardness after Trump made his wishes known on the same day of the highly anticipated AI lunch. During a White House panel discussion, Nvidia CEO Jensen Wang corrected himself when he said "AI" instead of "SI." In comments made with Trump standing just feet from him, OpenAI President Greg Brockman said the company "builds artificial intelligence" to help everyone.
OpenAI首席执行官萨姆·奥特曼最近在接受《政治报》采访时排除了公司改名的可能性。“我们没有任何这样的计划,”他在《政治报解码》播客中说道,“但我们一直在大量讨论超级智能,并且会继续讨论下去。”
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman recently dismissed the possibility of renaming the company during an interview with Politico. "No plans to do that," he told the Politico Decoded podcast. "But we have been talking about super intelligence a lot and we will continue to talk about it."