President Donald Trump is not letting the old term slip, even in a friendly interview. On Monday's episode of Pod Force One, the podcast hosted by New York Post reporter Miranda Devine, Trump interrupted her as soon as she said "AI", according to HuffPost, in a report republished by Yahoo News.
"SI," the president said
Devine began a question with "AI, I think they're concerned about—" before Trump cut in.
"SI."
— Donald Trump
Devine apologized at once: "Sorry! Sorry, super intelligence." She then went on with her question, asking whether "these bots, these agents attacking infrastructure" were a real threat.
"We're leading by a lot"
Trump dismissed the worry. He told Devine the United States is far ahead of its rivals.
"So we're leading in super intelligence, we're leading in SI, and we're leading by a lot."
— Donald Trump
"We're beating China, we're beating everybody in the whole world," he added. Trump acknowledged that "there's some negative" side to the technology, but said the benefits win out, pointing to medicine: "We're coming up with medical cures and things that nobody would have had for maybe 100 years."
He closed with the line that sums up his view of the race: "Whoever wins in SI will end up winning, and we're leading by a lot."
A friendly host, no exceptions
The moment stands out because Devine is a well-known supporter of the president, and Pod Force One is a friendly venue for him. Even there, Trump treated the word choice as something worth stopping the conversation for, and Devine adjusted on the spot.
Why it matters
The executive order changed the language of federal agencies. This exchange shows Trump enforcing the same rule in person, on the record, and expecting even sympathetic media to follow it. Every public correction like this one pushes "SI" further into everyday use, beyond government documents and into how journalists and the public talk about the technology.