Trump Dismisses AI Safety Concerns, Calls It ‘Super Intelligence’
President Trump downplays AI safety risks, rebrands it as ‘super intelligence’ amid global concerns.
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President Donald Trump has dismissed growing concerns over the safety and control of artificial intelligence, calling the technology a ‘huge industry’ and a ‘new industrial revolution.’ During a recent press engagement, Trump stated he does not worry about AI expanding beyond human control, emphasizing the economic opportunities it presents for the United States.
Trump Rebrands AI as ‘Super Intelligence’
When asked about recent safety incidents involving major AI companies such as Anthropic and OpenAI, Trump maintained his stance, claiming he was unconcerned. ‘I don’t worry about it,’ Trump said. ‘It’s a huge industry. It’s really the industrial revolution — maybe bigger. And we’re leading, and we’re building tremendous, you know, trillions of dollars’ worth of places. And why should we give that up?’ He added that any security or safety issues stemming from AI should be resolved by the technology companies themselves.
Trump also asserted that if companies fail to address these issues, the United States Department of Justice (DOJ) would step in to enforce compliance. ‘If something is bad, they have to fix it. And if they don’t fix it, that’s why you have the Department of Justice,’ he said. ‘You don’t give up $1 trillion or more — 2 or 3 or $4 trillion industry — because you think something like that, we will straighten it out if and when a problem occurs.’
China’s Response to the Rebranding
Meanwhile, China’s Foreign Ministry released a statement on Saturday noting that it ‘respects’ Trump’s decision to rebrand artificial intelligence as ‘super intelligence,’ after he announced the change at the UN General Assembly last week. However, Chinese officials have avoided using the term in official government communications, despite Trump stating that Chinese President Xi Jinping favored the phrasing.
Trump’s comments come amid growing concern from leading researchers and officials that AI is advancing faster than humanity can manage. However, Attorney General Todd Blanche confirmed that the DOJ intends to use existing criminal statutes to target misuse rather than serving as a proactive regulatory body, stating that ‘we’re prosecutors, not regulators’ and maintaining that current laws are sufficient to handle compliance.
Source: OANN
