Today is sci-tech day, but the only topic of much interest has to do with President Donald Trump and artificial intelligence. In a wide-ranging rant at the UN General Assembly in New York City yesterday, he suggested that AI be instead called superintelligence . Of course, he had a few other remarks . President Donald Trump said he was considering whether to “annihilate” Iran, called the U.S. economy “the envy of the world” and suggested a name change for AI, in a speech at the United Nations General Assembly. The wide-ranging speech came ahead of several anticipated meetings on the sidelines with world leaders, including his first with Venezuela’s interim president, Delcy Rodríguez, since the administration’s capture of Nicolás Maduro earlier this year. Today, Chinese President Xi Jinping is set to arrive in Washington, D.C., to meet with Trump to talk trade, Taiwan and A I. Trump later said U.S. envoys met with Iranian officials for three hours on the sidelines of the gat...
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