The speech
At the UN, Trump proposed calling AI “super intelligence” because he disliked the word “artificial.”
Watch the remarks ↗BC + SIBritish Columbia, Canada
BC + SI Ecosystem Association
Building British Columbia’s Super Intelligence industry.
An important update for the BC + AI community.
Following President Trump’s announcement, we’ve reluctantly adopted the term Super Intelligence. The new name takes effect immediately. We appreciate your patience while we update the website.
- 300+
- people not consulted
- 100%
- terminology compliant
- 1
- word replaced
- 0
- intelligence added
The BC + SI community300+ members
You’re now a member of BC + SI.
Your membership carries over automatically. You don’t need to reapply, and there’s no additional fee for being Super. We’re still meeting across British Columbia.
Existing memberships remain valid under the new name.
An update from the association
Why we’re changing our name.
October 8, 2026 · BC + AI becomes BC + SI
BC + SI presents · Flagship festival
Futureapproved Festival of SI
The future is now approved.
Futureproof becomes Futureapproved. We’ve updated the programme to reflect the new terminology. Speakers who prepared slides in advance have our sympathies.
- When
- Oct 28 to 30, 2026
- Where
- H.R. MacMillan Space Centre
- Member rate
- Save 25%
Introducing BC + SI
The name was only the beginning.
Once we added the eagle, there was no going back. The maple leaf is still in there, doing its best.
See how Super we can get
The upgrade, demonstrated
How Super do you want it?
We found the dial. Turn it up and see how much smarter the computer gets.
Current branding
Super
Same computer. President says it’s better.
The models have changed. The intelligence hasn’t.
BC + SI Racing Division
- Intelligence gained
- 0
- New evidence required
- None
BC + SI / The Swimsuit Edition / Issue 01
When they goes low
we go lower!
Less coverage. Same hallucinations.
The poolside interviewLower your
Lower your
expectations.
Super selected. Intelligence gained: 0.
People doing the work
Nobody asked these people.
They’re making films, teaching, and figuring out what this technology means for BC. The president changed a word.
Now teaching Super Intelligence
The courses survived the rebrand.
We changed the posters. You’ll still have to learn the stuff. Sorry.
Gather
Back when we were merely Artificial.
BC meetups before the adjective changed. We had a pretty good time being Artificial.
News
News from the Super era
The news sounds better already.
Watch
People who think for themselves.
The covers say SI now. The speakers still speak for themselves.
Facts
What’s actually changed?
- Organization
- We’re still a Canadian nonprofit. Changing two letters on a website isn’t how you change that.
- Members
- 300+ people across BC. Nobody woke up smarter because we bought a domain.
- Regions
- Vancouver, the Fraser Valley, and the Comox Valley. Still in Canada.
- Programs
- The posters say SI now. We’re afraid the homework is exactly the same.
- Meetups
- We’re still getting together and disagreeing about AI. Sorry, SI. This is going to take a while.
- Festival
- Futureproof is the real festival. Futureapproved is us being assholes with a graphics editor.
Interactive proposal
The salmon aren’t doing this.
We tried calling them Super Salmon. They kept swimming.
Our Wild Salmon proposal is about bringing talent back to BC. That takes more than a new name. The fish seem to understand this better than the president.
Read the actual proposalEnter the river →
Diaspora mapScenario labCoalition briefOpen questions
Working public-interest project
BC Public Super Compute Project
We wrote SUPER on the servers. The electricity bill didn’t budge.
BC needs compute people can actually use. Calling it Super doesn’t buy a GPU or get a student access to one. But it does fit nicely on a podium.
See the projectWorking prototype
The real Public Compute Project is still about access and who gets to decide. We’ll keep working on that once we’ve finished changing the font.
Open the registry prototypeWhat this site is
Please don’t tell him about the archive.
It says AI absolutely everywhere.
Years of meetups, photographs, and people saying “artificial intelligence” on camera. We could go back and change every caption. Or we could leave a record of what people actually said.
We’re keeping the archive. If that makes us THE ENEMY, at least we’ve got good photographs.
Actual photos / AI Ethical Futures Lab #8
Still here. Still asking questions.
Multi-modal.Multi-cultural.Radically local.Super, apparently.
Still BC + AI. Still in Canada.
Okay. We’re taking the piss.
This is satire. We haven’t changed the association’s name. Trump really did rename AI, then call people who use the old name “THE ENEMY.” We thought that deserved a whole fucking website. His order doesn’t apply to us. Apparently neither does a sense of proportion.
No name change. Considerable eye-rolling.The people pictured didn’t sign up for Trump or this rebrand. The altered graphics and the ridiculous claims are ours.
Fair questions
Wait. What the hell is this?
Did you actually rename the association?
No. We’re still the BC + AI Ecosystem Association. We bought a domain and took the piss. That’s the whole name change.
Does a U.S. executive order apply to a Canadian nonprofit?
No. This one directs the terminology used by the U.S. executive branch. Our very expensive-looking panic is entirely voluntary.
Has anything become more intelligent?
We spent several hours making this website. Draw your own conclusions about our intelligence.
Are these people supporting Trump?
No endorsement is implied. These are people from the BC + AI community. We changed seven promotional graphics to say SI for the joke. The gallery photographs and the talks are untouched. “Restore sanity” brings the original artwork back.
What happens if I keep saying AI?
Nothing here. We’ll probably say it back. The president’s post is linked below if you’d like to see what all the fuss is about.
Can I undo all this?
“Restore sanity” brings back the original wording and artwork where we’ve changed them, along with the BC + AI colours. For the current website, head to bc-ai.ca.
Receipts
Yes, he really said it.
The executive order
Executive Order 14434 directs terminology changes in executive-branch documents and websites. It keeps the existing statutory definition for now, while directing a proposed new definition within 60 days.
Read the Federal Register PDF ↗“THE ENEMY”
Trump then described people using “Artificial Intelligence” instead of “Super Intelligence” as “THE ENEMY.” The post is the immediate inspiration for this entirely unnecessary Canadian rebrand.
Read the archived post ↗The sound button? That’s actually him. “It’s not AI, it’s SI.” September 29, 2026. Watch the clip, published by Agenzia Dire ↗ · Read the transcript ↗
Technical context: artificial superintelligence conventionally refers to a hypothetical system that exceeds human intelligence across domains. Renaming existing AI does not establish that capability. AWS explanation ↗