Trump wants to rebrand artificial intelligence. It was almost called these 3 names

For President Donald Trump, the name “AI” is DOA.

Trump said that the United States would change the name of artificial intelligence at the United Nations General Assembly on Tuesday. It will now be called “superintelligence,” Trump said.

“The use of the word ‘artificial’ makes intelligence fake,” Trump said. “It is not fake. It’s actually amazing.”

The name “artificial intelligence” isn’t a legally designated term that can be changed by the president. Rather, it’s a commonly agreed-upon term that companies and consumers alike use to describe the product.

The term dates back to a 1955 proposal for a conference at Dartmouth College…