Trump’s attempt at renaming AI is also confusing because artificial superintelligence is already a thing. Philosopher Nick Bostrom wrote a book in 2014 called Superintelligence: Paths, Dangers, Strategies defining it as “any intellect that greatly exceeds the cognitive performance of humans in virtually all domains of interest.”

President Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping met this week as questions linger over the U.S. war in Iran, China's purchase of Iranian oil and the future of artificial intelligence development.