Trump posts poll to rename ‘AI,’ says current name is ‘inaccurate, and very ineloquent’

President Trump posted a poll on Truth Social, pitching potential new names for artificial intelligence — calling the emerging technology’s name “inaccurate.”

In a Saturday Truth Social post , the president floated alternative names for AI — pitching “Superior Intelligence,” “Extreme Intelligence” and “Supreme Intelligence.” He then asked his followers to vote on “which is the best name for this ever growing ‘Revolution.'”

“Many people think that the words ‘Artificial Intelligence’ are inaccurate, and very ineloquent, relative to AI, or Artificial Intelligence,” he wrote.

These new names, Trump said, are a “far more elegant and accurate description of this new phenomena.”

As of 12:45 p.m. Saturday, over 27,000 users already weighed in with their opinion on Trump’s proposed alternatives.

The post comes as some Republican members of Congress split with Trump over his defense of the AI industry, and multiple tech CEOs — including OpenAI’s Sam Altman, Anthropic’s Dario Amodei and Elon Musk, of Tesla and Space X — call for its development to slow.

Sens. Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) and Jon Husted (R-Ohio) both launched efforts this week to mitigate AI development concerns — namely surrounding data security and development of data centers.

On Thursday, Husted pushed legislation to compel tech companies to cover some of the costs of data center infrastructure. A day later, Hawley invited the CEOs of top AI-powered license plate reader manufacturers, such as Flock Safety, to testify before the Senate’s Judiciary Subcommittee on Crime and Counterterrorism as part of an investigation into the devices.

Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) took a middle ground stance on AI regulation — telling reporters Sunday, “Obviously, there’s a need for guardrails, but there’s also a keen need for the industry to self-regulate and self-monitor and report to us.”

“We must slow the pace at which we improve the capabilities of AI models,” Amodei wrote in a blog post . “Progress will still seem fast, and we must make wise use of the time we gain.”

Trump previously floated renaming AI to “supreme intelligence” in late 2025 , but he said at the time that the decision was up to industry leaders.

The president has also repeatedly defended AI and the emerging industry surrounding it; he has also forged close relationships with prominent tech moguls — some of whom will reportedly join Trump during a White House state dinner next week hosting Chinese leader Xi Jinping.

In one post, Trump called AI technology “the Greatest Economic Development Engine in History,” saying it surpassed oil, gold and diamonds in terms of fostering development.

A Sept. 14 post from the president stated there was no real need for further regulation of AI, going against lawmakers’ calls for guardrails, at least so long as he is at the helm.

“The only control or ‘guardrails’ that AI needs is a STRONG AND SMART (High IQ!) PRESIDENT, and the U.S.A. has that, in spades!” the president wrote .