# AI Guru Explains Why You Shouldn’t Call AI Super Intelligence

> AI expert Geoffrey Hinton clarifies why labeling AI as 'superintelligence' is misleading.
- Title: AI Guru Explains Why You Shouldn’t Call AI Super Intelligence
- Summary: AI expert Geoffrey Hinton clarifies why labeling AI as 'superintelligence' is misleading. AI scientist Geoffrey Hinton explains that 'superintelligence' has…
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- Source: Musically — https://musically.com/2026/10/15/ai-guru-explains-why-you-shouldnt-call-ai-super-intelligence
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## White House AI Term Shift
The current white house occupant insists anyone not switching from 'artificial intelligence' to 'superintelligence' is 'the enemy'.

> the enemy
## Geoffrey Hinton's Clarification
AI scientist geoffrey hinton says superintelligence means smarter than people and has been defined for at least 20 years.

> superintelligence means smarter than people
## AI Development Priorities
hinton warns tech companies should focus on non-intelligence aspects of ai beings rather than making them smarter.

> we should care as much about all the other aspects of a being as you do about its intelligence
## Key takeaway

AI scientist Geoffrey Hinton explains that 'superintelligence' has a clear meaning, being smarter than humans, and that calling AI this term doesn’t make it smarter.