The wording follows a Sept. 29 executive order that directs the executive branch, to the extent the law allows, to use “Super Intelligence” and “SI” in place of “Artificial Intelligence” and “AI.” The order does not create a new category of technology. It defines super intelligence as the same systems already covered by the statutory definition of artificial intelligence in federal law, so when Caine says SI, he is describing the AI tools the military uses and develops today.

Trump first announced the change in his Sept. 22 speech to the United Nations General Assembly, saying all U.S. government documents would switch to the “much more accurate term.” The State Department has since ordered its staff to rename AI-related programs and systems, and military offices have started adopting the language as well; the U.S. Marine Corps aviation acquisition office this month described new maintenance tools it is pursuing as predictive super intelligence technologies.

Is this what Vogon poetry sounds like?