Mehdi Hasan calls Trump a “toddler” over his response to a question about AI crimes

President Trump Meets With AI Executives At White House - Source: Getty
President Trump Meets With AI Executives At White House - Source: Getty

On September 30, Mehdi Hasan reacted to Trump’s response when asked about accountability for crimes committed by AI. Earlier on September 29, the POTUS signed the White House Accord on ‘Super Intelligence’ together with other tech moguls like Elon Musk, Dario Amodei, Mark Zuckerberg, Sundar Pichai, Jensen Huang, and Greg Brockman. After signing the Joint Commitments on Frontier Responsibilities, a reporter asked the president who will be held accountable for the crimes that AI commits. To this, Trump replied:

“It's not AI. We changed the name officially today to SI. Like sigh. SI instead of AI.”

As the president’s response went viral, Mehdi Hasan also reacted to this clip, highlighting how the POTUS dodged the question and just ‘rambled’ about the renaming of Artificial Intelligence.

“He didn't answer the question. He rambled about his name change.”

Mehdi Hasan further referred to the president as a ‘toddler’ and those who voted for him as the ‘dumbest’ people in the country. He wrote:

“We are governed by a toddler, and if you voted for him, you're one of the dumbest people in this country, and I don't know how you watch this and don’t feel embarrassed for your vote.”

Trump officially renamed Artificial Intelligence

Days after revealing the new name for AI during his speech at the UN, the president made the term ‘Super Intelligence’ official. Trump gave the reason behind renaming AI, saying that the word ‘artificial’ makes it look like ‘fake,’ so now it will be called ‘Super Intelligence.’

He signed the accord with tech leaders, which included measures to ensure safe development while harnessing the economic and scientific advantages of advancing technology.

In another recent tweet, Mehdi Hasan criticized the president for renaming AI. The political commentator said that today people are living in the ‘worst’ timeline. He wrote:

“This is Donald Trump's sole contribution to the crucial debate over the future and safety of AI. We live in the worst timeline. We live in Idiocracy. It feels like early 2020 all over again.”

In related news, the president also launched an AI-powered government portal as a one-stop solution for citizens if they want to access any information. The portal is America.gov.

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Edited by Shatakshi Gupta