Donald Trump appeared to break one of his own recent executive orders during an interview with CBS News’ Ross Douthat that aired Sunday on “60 Minutes.”
Douthat described Trump as an “AI bull” for his support of artificial intelligence and asked how everyday Americans would benefit from the technology.
In his response, Trump used the term “AI,” despite issuing an order in September directing government departments and agencies to replace “artificial intelligence” with “super Intelligence” in communications, and his declaration, on Truth Social, that “the White House considers anyone that uses the term, ‘Artificial Intelligence’ ... THE ENEMY!”
The president then switched to his preferred terminology.
Trump said:
“Excuse me, before I answer that, the reason I’m an AI bull, one of the reasons, is because [Chinese] President Xi [Jinping] left here two weeks ago. We had a great meeting. He’s all in to SI, as I call it, because it really is super intelligence. It’s a much better name, I think, because it’s not artificial.”
“Well, that, at least, is what they think they’re racing towards, yes,” replied Douthat, noting Trump’s belief that “we’re in a race with China.”
“And I said whoever wins that race wins. The level of power of winning that race is very important,” Trump responded.
The White House shared the exchange on X: