几周前，白宫颇具争议的顾问塞巴斯蒂安·戈尔卡（Sebastian Gorka）在做客Newsmax节目时，被问及政府在国际人工智能技术竞赛中的方针。但主持人还没来得及问完问题，戈尔卡就打断了他。“不，不，不，不，”他对Newsmax的主持人埃德·亨利（Ed Henry）说，“抱歉，应该是‘SI’。从本周开始，它被称为‘超级智能’（Super Intelligence）。”
Sebastian Gorka, a controversial White House adviser, appeared on Newsmax a couple of weeks ago when was asked about the administration’s approach to the international race on AI technology. But before the host could finish asking the question, Gorka interrupted. “No, no, no, no,”he told Newsmax’s Ed Henry. “Sorry, it’s ‘SI.’ As of this week, it’s ‘Super Intelligence.’”
这只是一个开始。几天后，美国驻联合国大使迈克·沃尔兹（Mike Waltz）在做客CNN时，主持人杰克·塔珀（Jake Tapper）问及与中国就人工智能进行的会谈。沃尔兹回答道：“嗯，杰克，我们现在改用‘超级智能’这个词了。”本周早些时候，司法部和国务院的官员被告知，他们在所有的官方工作中也必须采用唐纳德·特朗普所偏好的这一品牌名称。如果这还不够，总统的动作远未结束。
It was a sign of things to come. A few days later, Mike Waltz, the U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, appeared on CNN, where host Jake Tapper asked about talks with China regarding artificial intelligence. “Well, we’re going with ‘super intelligence’ now, Jake,” Waltz replied Earlier this week, Justice Department and State Department officials were told that they, too, had to adopt Donald Trump’s preferred branding in all of their official work. But if this wasn’t quite enough, the president wasn’t done.
据《政治报》（Politico）报道，唐纳德·特朗普总统周四表示，白宫将把任何不采用他所偏好的“超级智能”一词的人视为“敌人”。在各界呼吁建立更多护栏的背景下，他正升级其为人工智能重新命名的行动。
Politico reported President Donald Trump said Thursday that the White House will consider anyone who does not adopt his preferred term of “super intelligence” as “the enemy,” escalating his campaign to rebrand artificial intelligence amid calls to erect more guardrails.
“白宫认为，任何使用‘人工智能’（Artificial Intelligence）这一术语，而不是使用广受认可、更准确的新术语‘超级智能’（Super Intelligence）的人，都是敌人！”特朗普在“真实社交”（Truth Social）平台上写道。
“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 said on Truth Social. If recent history is any guide, Trump is likely to adopt a similar approach to those who continue to reference the Gulf of Mexico Lake Ontario Denali In George Orwell’s dystopian classic “1984,” the authoritarian regime embraces politically motivated words and phrases and imposes them on the public.
如果以近期历史为参照，特朗普很可能会对那些仍使用“墨西哥湾”“安大略湖”“德纳利山”这类称谓的人采取类似做法。在乔治·奥威尔的反乌托邦经典作品《1984》中，专制政权刻意炮制带有政治意图的词汇与表述，并强制公众使用。这种旨在扼杀独立思考的新语言被称为“新话”，而原本的英语则被贬称为“旧话”。
This new language, designed to crush independent thought, is called “newspeak,” while the English language was relegated to “oldspeak.”While social media didn’t exist in the world Orwell described, it’s easy to imagine Big Brother publishing a missive that declares those who resist “newspeak” as “the enemy.”
虽然奥威尔笔下的世界尚无社交媒体，但我们不难想象“老大哥”会发布公告，将那些抵制“新话”的人定义为“敌人”。
This has been a staple of Team Trump politics for too long. The administration has held up science grant proposals, for example, if they include the word “gender,”
长期以来，这一直是特朗普团队的惯用政治手段。例如，只要科学研究资助申请中出现“性别”一词，相关提案就会被搁置——对共和党官员而言，这显然是个危险信号。同样，总统曾宣称人们不得提及“煤炭”，除非在前面加上“清洁又美丽”这样的修饰词；去年平安夜他与一名儿童通电话时，甚至特意纠正了对方的说法。
which is apparently a red flag for Republican officials. Similarly, the president has said people are not “allowed” to reference coal unless it’s proceeded by the words “clean and beautiful” — to the point that he felt the need to correct a child during a Christmas Eve call late last year. According to a court filing, the Trump administration even created a six-page list of banned words that Head Start locations are forbidden to use when describing their programs. Among the banned words were “disability” and “race.”
据法庭文件显示，特朗普政府还拟定了一份长达六页的禁用词汇清单，规定各“开端计划”实施点不得在项目介绍中使用这些词汇，其中包括“残疾”与“种族”。此前，许多右翼人士曾对所谓的“言论规范”与“语言规则”忧心忡忡，视其为“觉醒文化”失控、进而威胁言论自由的明证。
In the recent past, much of the right was hysterical about concerns about “speech codes” and “language rules” as evidence of “woke” politics spinning wildly out of control and threatening free speech. As a new brand of conservative political correctness takes root, I can’t help but notice how quiet that crowd has suddenly become.
如今，当一种全新的保守派政治正确观念逐渐盛行，我不禁注意到：那些人突然变得鸦雀无声了。
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