Council on Foreign Relations(@CFR_org):Jessica Brandt, expert for technology and national security at CFR, breaks down President Donald Trump’s remarks before the 81st UN General Assembly, in which he called for artificial intelligence to be renamed “superintelligence.” “Definitions of superintelligence are a little bit contested, but broadly, we think of superintelligence, or AGI—artificial general intelligence—as an AI system that is on par with or exceeds human cognition across a wide range of tasks,” Brandt says. “But I don’t think that’s actually what the president was talking about here. I think this may have actually been as simple as a reframe around something that is ‘super.’”

2026.09.23 20:37

Jessica Brandt, expert for technology and national security at CFR, breaks down President Donald Trump’s remarks before the 81st UN General Assembly, in which he called for artificial intelligence to be renamed “superintelligence.” “Definitions of superintelligence are a little bit contested, but broadly, we think of superintelligence, or AGI—artificial general intelligence—as an AI system that is on par with or exceeds human cognition across a wide range of tasks,” Brandt says. “But I don’t think that’s actually what the president was talking about here. I think this may have actually been as simple as a reframe around something that is ‘super.’”