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The White House has issued a presidential action titled 'Inaugurating the Era of Super Intelligence', framing advanced artificial intelligence as the start of a new national era. The move is drawing attention to how the US government plans to position itself on superintelligent AI development and policy.

Discussion of superintelligence — AI systems surpassing human capabilities in every domain — is resurfacing as a topic of conversation. Commenters are weighing claims from AI labs that such systems could arrive within years against warnings from researchers who say the timeline is speculative and the risks, from job displacement to loss of control, are not being taken seriously enough. The debate continues to split opinion between acceleration and caution.

California Governor Gavin Newsom has ordered state agencies to use the term 'AI' rather than 'artificial intelligence', pushing back on President Trump's federal directive preferring the phrase 'superintelligence'. The move turns terminology into a political statement, with Newsom framing it as resistance to White House overreach on how technology is described. The clash adds to ongoing tensions between the Trump administration and Democratic-led states over technology policy and language.