Willison discovers and analyzes rebranding of AI survey terminology
1 Nov 2 · 6d ago · 2 articles · 2 posts · 3 sources · development 1 of 1
Data analyst Simon Willison, while updating his AI adoption chart with October 2026 data, discovers the Census Bureau has replaced "AI" with "Super Intelligence" in its survey following Executive Order 14434. He characterizes the order as "asinine" and notes the terminology change complicates tracking adoption trends.
“In updating a graphic showing U.S. company AI adoption over time according to a long-running U.S. Census Bureau survey, I found out that the Bureau's work has been sullied by that asinine "Super Intelligence" executive order”
Simon WillisonSimon Willison Data analyst and technical writerU.S. Census Bureau Federal statistical agencyExecutive Order 14434 Federal policy directive
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In updating a graphic showing U.S. company AI adoption over time according to a long-running U.S. Census Bureau survey, I found out that the Bureau's work has been sullied by that asinine "Super Intelligence" executive order
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> Beginning with the October 19, 2026 collection, instrument wording was updated due to Executive Order 14434.But hang on, surely “(formerly referred to as Artificial Intelligence or AI)” fails the provision in §1¶3 “not acknowledge the usage of ‘Artificial Intelligence’ and ‘AI’ in any applicable setting” (admittedly not reiterated in §2 or §3)?
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As a business owner I get these surveys. In times past I'd spend a bunch of time responding, on the theory it's my duty to help the government gather accurate statistics. Now I delete the emails on arrival since the government is under the control of goose-stepping imbeciles who wouldn't know good data if it smacked them in the head.
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I only use Super Intelligence (SI) in Lake America, in the Gulf of America, and maybe soon in the Trump Ocean. In there it's a Golden Age like nobody's ever seen before. Everywhere else I just use AI.
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It reinforces partisan identity in language. You can’t talk to someone about AI if they stop listening the moment you say AI. Same if you want to shape the narrative around SI datacenters.
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I wish we could talk more about Natural Stupidity, which is the flip side of Artificial Intelligence, the seeming desire of humans to show that they are dumber than a machine.
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I am thankful for EO14434 because it lets me immediately identify which data sources and people are either too idiotic or cowardly to be worth listening to on anything.
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I think when it comes to making machines smarter than humans, Executive Order 14434 represents an admirable effort by this administration to meet the machines halfway.
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Its showing up in all the NIST stuff now too. Gave me quite mid-meeting snort when I saw that.
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Less meeting them halfway and more blasting past them at Mach 10 and continuing to accelerate.
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