President Donald Trump has a branding problem with artificial intelligence, and he'd like your help fixing it.

Over the weekend, Trump took to Truth Social and X to argue that "artificial intelligence" is an "inaccurate, and very ineloquent" name for the technology. His solution: let the people decide. He put three alternatives to a vote — "Superior Intelligence," "Extreme Intelligence" and "Supreme Intelligence."

"Many people think that the words 'Artificial Intelligence' are inaccurate, and very ineloquent, relative to AI, or Artificial Intelligence," Trump wrote on Saturday. "A far more elegant and accurate description of this new phenomena would be Superior Intelligence (SI) or, Extreme Intelligence (EI) or,…"

The early returns were pretty clear. On Truth Social, "Superior Intelligence" led with 41% of the vote, compared with 38% for "Extreme Intelligence" and 21% for "Supreme Intelligence," based on more than 64,000 votes. Over on X, the same option had 41.4%, followed by "Supreme Intelligence" at 30.8% and "Extreme Intelligence" at 27.8%, with more than 226,000 votes cast.

Then Trump did something you don't see every day in a naming contest: he eliminated an option mid-vote. "Supreme Intelligence," he explained, was "probably because of its relationship to the Supreme Court, is losing badly to both 'Superior' and 'Extreme Intelligence.' Therefore, we are going to take 'Supreme Intelligence' OUT, deleting it as a qualifier, and let you vote for the Final Two: Superior…"

So the field narrowed to "Superior Intelligence" versus "Extreme Intelligence." The second poll showed "Superior Intelligence" ahead on both platforms, though the results remained live as voting continued.

An 'AI Force' and an 'AI Czar'

The naming exercise wasn't the only AI news Trump made over the weekend. He also announced plans to establish an "AI Force" and appoint an "AI Czar" to monitor bad actors in the artificial intelligence industry.

Trump said the new force would be modeled after the Space Force — which, if you're keeping score at home, is the branch of the military he created during his first term — and would seek out "BAD" activity through the existing criminal justice system.

Importantly, the president framed the initiative as pro-growth rather than restrictive. He said it would not "hinder or stifle the Growth" of AI but instead "cherish it, help it, and watch over it, as it grows!"

The Bigger Fight Over AI Safety

The proposal lands in the middle of a growing debate over how quickly AI should advance and how much oversight it needs.

Some AI industry leaders have called for a slowdown to give companies and governments more time to develop safeguards. Trump has argued the opposite: that slowing U.S. AI development could hand an advantage to China.

Whether the technology ends up being called Superior Intelligence, Extreme Intelligence, or just plain AI, the fight over who watches it — and how closely — is only getting started.

Disclaimer: This content was partially produced with the help of AI tools and was reviewed and published by MarketDash editors.