Trump's AI rebrand could backfire

Scholar power: 26.5%

Story's scientific field profile

Political science 47%, Communication & Media Studies 32%, Computer science 21%

Name	Field match	H-index	Scholar power
🎓 Zeynep Tufekci	17%	27	26.5%

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71.0%

1.9 h

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26.5%

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0.476

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Reposted by Michael D. McDonald, Shannon Vallor

19%

Scholar power: 19.0%

Story's scientific field profile

Political science 47%, Communication & Media Studies 32%, Computer science 21%

Name	Field match	H-index	Scholar power
🎓 Michael D. McDonald	35%	22	16.4%
🎓 Shannon Vallor	6%	18	2.5%
Total			19.0%

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60.0%

12.2 h

599

19.0%

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0.196

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Carl Quintanilla

@carlquintanilla.bsky.social

“.. AI companies are privately gaming out scenarios for a public and political revolt after a catastrophic AI event .. most likely a cyberattack, that shuts down access to financial services, internet connectivity, or even power and water.”

@axios.com
www.axios.com/2026/10/09/a...

October 9, 2026 at 9:41 AM

by Andrew Fiala

27%

Scholar power: 27.9%

Story's scientific field profile

Political science 47%, Communication & Media Studies 32%, Computer science 21%

Name	Field match	H-index	Scholar power
🎓 Andrew Fiala	31%	9	27.9%

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58.0%

3.1 h

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27.9%

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0.18

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Andrew Fiala

@andrewfiala.bsky.social

"The artificial thinking of AI is a pale imitation of genuine thought. When we let machines generate words on our behalf, we miss out on the joy of thought."

Read more at: www.sacbee.com/opinion/arti...

AI can write our words, but it can never do the thinking that makes us human | Opinion

Thinking requires mindful attention. To think is to care, and to pay attention. Genuine thought requires interest, engagement, and concern.

www.sacbee.com

October 9, 2026 at 6:50 PM

by David Bartram

27%

Scholar power: 27.9%

Story's scientific field profile

Political science 47%, Communication & Media Studies 32%, Computer science 21%

Name	Field match	H-index	Scholar power
🎓 David Bartram	19%	24	27.9%

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65.0%

11.5 h

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27.9%

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0.064

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David Bartram

@dbartram.bsky.social

AI is a vehicle for disinformation, a vector exploited for that purpose in ways that don't seem at all surprising once you've read about it.

www.nytimes.com/2026/10/06/o...

Opinion | A.I. Is Lying to You. Here’s How to Fight Back. (Gift Article)

In the age of A.I. disinformation, we all need to use the tools of counterespionage to find the truth.

www.nytimes.com

October 9, 2026 at 10:23 AM

Reposted by Jordí Nieva Fenoll

5%

Scholar power: 5.8%

Story's scientific field profile

Political science 47%, Communication & Media Studies 32%, Computer science 21%

Name	Field match	H-index	Scholar power
🎓 Jordí Nieva Fenoll	22%	7	5.8%

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68.0%

14.0 h

151

5.8%

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0.047

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Jacobo Dopico

@jacobodopico.bsky.social

"La casa blanca considera que quien use el término 'inteligencia artificial es EL ENEMIGO. Donald J. Trump".

La normalización de tener un perturbado perverso gobernando el mundo (y el asco moral que produce ver cómo tantos se someten vilmente a su humillación).

October 9, 2026 at 7:50 AM

Reposted by Aric Rindfleisch

3%

Scholar power: 3.1%

Story's scientific field profile

Political science 47%, Communication & Media Studies 32%, Computer science 21%

Name	Field match	H-index	Scholar power
🎓 Aric Rindfleisch	5%	38	3.1%

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53.0%

7.6 h

227

3.1%

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0.038

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Reposted by Jurgen Schmidhuber

10%

Scholar power: 10.6%

Story's scientific field profile

Political science 47%, Communication & Media Studies 32%, Computer science 21%

Name	Field match	H-index	Scholar power
🎓 Jurgen Schmidhuber	11%	92	10.6%

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57.0%

12.1 h

7

10.6%

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0.032

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by Dean Baker

4%

Scholar power: 4.1%

Story's scientific field profile

Political science 47%, Communication & Media Studies 32%, Computer science 21%

Name	Field match	H-index	Scholar power
🎓 Dean Baker	3%	21	4.1%

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60.0%

8.5 h

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4.1%

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0.024

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Reposted by Dean Baker

1%

Scholar power: 1.4%

Story's scientific field profile

Political science 47%, Communication & Media Studies 32%, Computer science 21%

Name	Field match	H-index	Scholar power
🎓 Dean Baker	3%	21	1.4%

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46.0%

5.3 h

105

1.4%

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0.018

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by Mark A. Lemley

10%

Scholar power: 10.9%

Story's scientific field profile

Political science 47%, Communication & Media Studies 32%, Computer science 21%

Name	Field match	H-index	Scholar power
🎓 Mark A. Lemley	5%	53	10.9%

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59.0%

20.0 h

13

10.9%

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0.017

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Mark Lemley

@marklemley.bsky.social

This was amusing: www.axios.com/2026/10/08/t...

Trump: Anyone saying "AI" is "THE ENEMY!" The White House uses it

Trump's own White House still uses "AI" as a term.

www.axios.com

October 9, 2026 at 1:50 AM

by James F. McGrath

4%

Scholar power: 4.2%

Story's scientific field profile

Political science 47%, Communication & Media Studies 32%, Computer science 21%

Name	Field match	H-index	Scholar power
🎓 James F. McGrath	5%	8	4.2%

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60.0%

6.4 h

1

4.2%

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0.013

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James F. McGrath (ReligionProf)

@religionprof.bsky.social

What is misleading about the term “artificial intelligence” is not the word artificial but the word intelligence. I guess that makes me “THE ENEMY.”

gizmodo.com/youll-never-...

You'll Never Guess Who Trump Is Now Calling 'THE ENEMY'

The MAGA Cultural Revolution is exhausting.

gizmodo.com

October 9, 2026 at 3:30 PM

by Luis Enrique Otero Carvajal

3%

Scholar power: 3.4%

Story's scientific field profile

Political science 47%, Communication & Media Studies 32%, Computer science 21%

Name	Field match	H-index	Scholar power
🎓 Luis Enrique Otero Carvajal	4%	8	3.4%

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78.0%

15.7 h

0

3.4%

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0.013

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Luis Enrique Otero Carvajal

@le-otero.bsky.social

www.lavanguardia.com/internaciona...

La insostenible estrategia de Trump para la inteligencia artificial

El deseo del presidente de impulsar la tecnología choca con la realidad política

www.lavanguardia.com

October 9, 2026 at 6:12 AM

by Timnit Gebru Reposted by Southern Africa

19%

Scholar power: 19.9%

Story's scientific field profile

Political science 47%, Communication & Media Studies 32%, Computer science 21%

Name	Field match	H-index	Scholar power
🎓 Timnit Gebru	10%	24	14.7%
🎓 Southern Africa	14%	14	5.2%
Total			19.9%

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Scholar power

48.0%

19.3 h

320

19.9%

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0.011

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Timnit Gebru

@timnitgebru.blacksky.app

One of the handful of articles telling it like it is instead of misinforming the public. By @saragoud.bsky.social for @thebulletin.org

Yes. Its bad science based on numbers out of various behinds, but that's not how most of the rest of the media is discussing it.

thebulletin.org/2026/09/how-...

How the bad science of AI doomerism is good for big business

There is no clear path showing that today’s AI systems will lead to superintelligence, much less a basis for calculating the probability of doom.

thebulletin.org

October 9, 2026 at 2:34 AM

by Caroline T. Schroeder

11%

Scholar power: 11.4%

Story's scientific field profile

Political science 47%, Communication & Media Studies 32%, Computer science 21%

Name	Field match	H-index	Scholar power
🎓 Caroline T. Schroeder	12%	10	11.4%

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51.0%

22.6 h

2

11.4%

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0.006

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Caroline (Carrie) T. Schroeder

@ctschroeder.bsky.social

There is already a "Super Intelligence" University computing consortium in the south/sun/bible belt. Red state public R1s like mine are falling over themselves to join the "SI" consortium

Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 1d

Related news: I reviewed emails received yesterday by two federal agencies—SEC and NIH—instructing them to update all internal and public materials to say "super intelligence" instead of "artificial intelligence" in order to comply with Trump's executive order.

Adam Keiper @adamkeiper.com · 1d

Trump's pushing the term "super intelligence" is stupid for many reasons (not least because "superintelligence" was already a term with a specific meaning in semi-technical and policy/philosophical discussions about AI). But now his bullying about it is reaching an Orwellian pitch.

October 8, 2026 at 11:19 PM

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