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# Trump Renames AI to "Super Intelligence"

Late Night with Seth Meyers, 24 September 2026, YouTube. 1,244,532 views as of 8 October 2026.
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Watch: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YggJqn0wwow

## Why it is here

Network TV: Seth Meyers' Sept 23 monologue on 'Trump changing the name of AI to "Super Intelligence"', a week before the executive order. ~1.24M views. Length 18:35.

## Description (written by Gemini from the video)

**Summary**  
Late-night talk show host Seth Meyers presents a monologue and the recurring political satire segment "A Closer Look" on NBC's *Late Night with Seth Meyers*. The episode analyzes Donald Trump's address to the United Nations General Assembly, his diplomacy regarding Chinese President Xi Jinping, and his public statement declaring that "artificial intelligence" should officially be renamed "Super Intelligence (SI)."

**What is shown**  
- Seth Meyers delivering a monologue commenting on topical news items, including Trump’s UN speech and commercial tie-ins [00:00–04:26].  
- "A Closer Look" segment examining Trump's rhetoric towards China and President Xi Jinping across campaign rallies and press interviews [04:30–08:48].  
- Broadcast clip of a CNN poll report indicating Trump's foreign affairs net approval rating standing at -42 points overall and -57 points among independents [09:43–10:19].  
- Archival clip of President George W. Bush dodging shoes thrown by an Iraqi journalist in Baghdad [10:25–10:29].  
- Broadcast footage of Donald Trump speaking at the UN General Assembly, delivering an ultimatum regarding Iran [10:48–11:04].  
- Broadcast footage of Donald Trump at the UN General Assembly announcing that "artificial intelligence" will officially be referred to in US documents as "Super Intelligence" ("dash SI") [11:53–12:30].  
- Press pool clip of Trump in the Oval Office discussing media access bans and misidentifying which ban reporters were asking about [13:01–13:30].  
- Footage from a UN "Shield of the Americas" event where Trump asks "Where is Marco?" while Secretary of State Marco Rubio is seated immediately beside him [15:04–15:09].  
- Clips of Marco Rubio on NBC's *Today* and Vice President JD Vance on Fox / Newsmax defending press credential policies [15:56–16:26].

**Claims & numbers**  
- The presenter cites a CNN/SSRS poll showing Trump's net approval rating on foreign affairs at -42 points overall and -57 points among independent voters (compared to George W. Bush's -34 points among independents in 2006) [09:50–10:16].  
- Trump claims no previous president received "10 cents from China" whereas he received "hundreds of billions of dollars from China" [04:48–05:02].  
- Trump states that going forward, all United States government documents will replace the term "artificial intelligence" with "Super Intelligence" ("SI") [12:03–12:25].

**Notable quotes**  
- Donald Trump [11:53]: "Artificial intelligence being spoken of so much now, hereinafter officially called Super Intelligence. Changing the name."  
- Donald Trump [12:19]: "In other words, welcome to the new world of super intelligence dash SI."  
- Seth Meyers [01:13]: "Hey man, you don't have to read the dash! That's punctuation."

**Assessment**  
This is a late-night television comedy commentary program featuring broadcast news clips and public speeches rather than a technical software demonstration. The clips of Trump at the UN General Assembly and Oval Office are authentic broadcast recordings used for satirical analysis.

_Described by gemini-3.8-flash on 2026-10-08 from the video's audio and frames._

## Related

- 2026-09-29: [Trump signs executive order 'Inaugurating the Era of Super Intelligence', ordering federal agencies to replace 'AI' with 'Super Intelligence (SI)'](https://postcutoff.com/e/2026-09-29-trump-eo-super-intelligence-rename/)
- 2026-09-22: [Trump at the UN General Assembly 'totally rejects' any global scheme to control AI and renames it 'super intelligence'](https://postcutoff.com/e/2026-09-22-trump-unga-rejects-global-ai-control/)

## People in it

- [Donald Trump](https://postcutoff.com/person/donald-trump/), President of the United States
- [JD Vance](https://postcutoff.com/person/jd-vance/), Vice President of the United States
- [Xi Jinping](https://postcutoff.com/person/xi-jinping/), General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party and President of China