Is AI Becoming SI? What “Super Intelligence” Really Means Artificial intelligence has become one of the defining technologies of our time. It writes, codes, analyses data, assists doctors, supports businesses, generates images, helps researchers and increasingly performs tasks that once required significant human expertise. But this week, something unusual happened. The language around AI changed. On 29 September 2026 , President Donald Trump signed an executive order directing the U.S. executive branch to use the terms “Super Intelligence” and “SI” instead of “Artificial Intelligence” and “AI” in official non-statutory communications. The order applies the new terminology across executive-branch correspondence, websites, reports and policy documents, while leaving older regulations and historical documents unchanged. The White House That immediately raises an interesting question: Has artificial intelligence actually become superintelligence — or has the name changed before ...