From MIT Technology Review · · 1m 50s
Trump's AI rebrand and controlling rogue agents
The Trump administration pushes "Super Intelligence" as a loyalty test while researchers explore game theory to keep AI systems in line.
In brief
The Trump administration pushes "Super Intelligence" as a loyalty test while researchers explore game theory to keep AI systems in line. Trump's executive order rebranding AI as Super Intelligence is becoming a political loyalty test, while researchers develop reverse game theory to control powerful AI agents…
Reverse game theory aims to control AI
A new approach designs rules to make powerful AI models behave as intended. Researchers believe it could align AI more closely with human instructions and rules.
How reverse game theory works
Unlike game theory which predicts how rational actors behave, reverse game theory designs the rules first. If one person cuts a cake and the other chooses first, the cutter makes equal portions.
Big questions remain unanswered
Researchers believe reverse game theory could help control AI, but significant questions remain about whether these mechanisms will actually work in practice.
Trump orders AI rebrand to Super Intelligence
At the end of September, President Trump signed an executive order directing government agencies to rebrand artificial intelligence as Super Intelligence.
Rebrand slowly spreading across government
One month on, the rebrand is slowly appearing across government websites and documents, but it has not caught on with everyone. Even some of the biggest names in tech still use AI.
Super Intelligence becomes loyalty test
The new term is becoming a political loyalty test. Those who use it signal allegiance to the administration. Those who do not become targets for attacks.
Tech industry divided on the rebrand
One month into the rebrand, some of the biggest names in tech have not adopted Super Intelligence, continuing to use the term artificial intelligence instead.
Chatbots creating new costs for experts
Steven Benmor, a family lawyer, tells the Wall Street Journal that clients increasingly need to pay human experts to correct advice they have received from chatbots.
“Don't spend money unduly by asking a human expert to enter into a debate with a robot expert.”
What matters most
Trump's executive order rebranding AI as Super Intelligence is becoming a political loyalty test, while researchers develop reverse game theory to control powerful AI agents.
