AI “could kill us all by the end of the decade” according to former Anthropic researcher Jacob Coxon. But the President of the United States has a strategy: rebranding.
Donald Trump continued his bizarre quest to rename artificial intelligence, proclaiming his crusade to *checks notes* the United Nations on Tuesday.
Following the president’s speech, The Daily Show‘s Desi Lydic called out Trump’s “weird obsession with rebranding things” and his haphazard aim to make “super intelligence” happen.
“That’s a relief. Here, I was scared of artificial intelligence, but now I’d be honoured to be murdered by super intelligence. Problem solved,” said Lydic on Tuesday night’s show.
During his U.N. speech, Trump declared, “Welcome to the new world of super intelligence dash SI.”
“Did you just say ‘dash SI?'” responded Lydic. “Speaking of super intelligence, congrats on reading the punctuation on the prompter. Also, nobody’s gonna say ‘SI.’ That’s already what we call Sports Illustrated. It’s taken. You of all people should respect Sports Illustrated. The swimsuit issue is your favorite book.
“This is so embarrassing for America. We’re all used to Trump’s weird obsession with rebranding things, but this is in front of the world. It’s the geopolitical version of your dad walking around in his underwear when your friends are over. Oh my god, Dad, Trinidad and Tobago can see your butt crack!”
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