Donald Trump said on Saturday that the United States will form an "AI Force" and that he will soon name an artificial intelligence czar, while offering no details on how either would work. In a Truth Social post, he likened the new body to the Space Force created in his first term and wrote of the czar role that "Only High I.Q. individuals need apply!" He also posted a poll proposing to rename AI "Superior Intelligence," "Extreme Intelligence" or "Supreme Intelligence," writing that "many people think" the current term is "inaccurate, and very ineloquent."
What did he promise the industry? "We will not in any way hinder or stifle the Growth of this incredible Industry," Trump wrote, adding that his administration would "cherish it, help it, and watch over it, as it grows!" He said wrongdoing would be pursued through the "already existing Criminal and Civil Justice System." He called AI "the next Industrial Revolution" that could reach 25% of US GDP, and wrote that the country was "leading China, and the rest of the World."
How did he describe AI's critics? He again dismissed warnings about the technology's dangers as a "hoax," grouping them with "Global Warming" and his two impeachments among efforts "generated by the Radical Left Dumocrats," TechCrunch reported. He offered no evidence for his assertion that widespread suspicion of AI and data centers was not organic. At a golf tournament the previous weekend, he had said he was open to "guardrails."
What is the wider debate? The post came as warnings about AI's potential dangers spurred calls for coordinated action, the BBC reported. Former Anthropic researcher Jacob Coxon said this month that people building AI "earnestly believe that it could kill us all by the end of the decade," and Anthropic chief executive Dario Amodei has since called for development to slow, a call OpenAI's Sam Altman has backed. In an interview at Colgate University in New York a day before the post, as The Hill reported, former President 
Barack Obama criticised Trump's handling of AI and said the federal government must regulate it.
Who held the czar role before? The appointment would be Trump's second AI czar, CNA reported. Venture capitalist David Sacks left the post earlier this year for an advisory role, and said at a Politico event on Wednesday that developers should be responsible for the safety of their products and that new federal rules are unnecessary.
Figures referenced: Donald Trump, Barack Obama. — JudgeMarket.
