President Trump recently
ordered the federal government to begin referring to the technology formerly
known as “Artificial Intelligence,” or “AI,” as “Super Intelligence,” or “SI.”
This
immediately prompted California Governor
Gavin Newsom to sign an executive order requiring all (formerly) Golden State
agencies to continue using the term “Artificial Intelligence.” Or else.
Newsom took to X to let the world know, “I just signed an
executive order permanently declaring Artificial Intelligence ‘Artificial
Intelligence’ in California.” Talk about intelligence! Gov. Slick added, “Super intelligence is clearly not
coming from the White House— that’s why California continues to lead.”
Well, California is leading the nation when
it comes to the highest gas prices, the number of homelessness people, and
poverty rate. Democrats are hoping to bring that to the nation at
large. And, since Democrats are so good at cheating-- and so many Americans are
so bad at logic and reasoning-- they’ll probably get their chance.
It
is obvious Trump likes to rename things. People, places, concepts, technology. I
guess that’s just part of being “a very stable genius.” But Newsom? Well, he’s
just exhibiting Pavlovian response. Anything Trump says or does immediately prompts
him to reflexively say or do the opposite. In this sense, he is a puppet on a
string. TDS? Yes. But also TRS, Trump Response Syndrome.
We
have to remember that “Artificial Intelligence” was created by “real,” natural human
intelligence. Yet we face two related problems going forward. First, too many
people, especially the college educated, exemplify “Stupid Intelligence,”
another form of “SI,” in which so much of what they “know” is wrong. Second, most
humans, with our inherent biological intelligence, are demonstrably getting
dumber and less capable, at precisely the same time Artificial
Intelligence is becoming Super Intelligent…on its way to “Stupendously
Intelligent.” So, “SI” it is. With all the benefits that will bring. And all
the risks.
Looking
to the (not-too-distant) future, it is not clear who will be the servant…and
who will be the master.
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