On September 23, 2026, the President stood at the UN General Assembly and announced that "artificial intelligence" was being retired. Effective immediately, all U.S. government documents would use the term "super intelligence" instead — because, in his words, the word "artificial" makes the technology "sound fake," and "it is not fake."
Within hours, the State Department sent an internal cable ordering diplomats to swap "AI" for "SI" in all official communications. The "AI Force," announced just days earlier, is presumably next. This happened the same week Anthropic's own CEO called for slowing AI development down over safety concerns. Nobody asked for a rebrand. Nobody needed one. He gave us one anyway, live, from the podium, in front of the entire world.
This shirt exists because a sitting president renamed an entire field of computer science on a Tuesday, via general assembly speech, apparently over vibes about the word "artificial."
Why people love it:
Historically Accurate: Every word on this shirt is a real quote from a real speech at a real UN meeting. We didn't write the joke. He did.
Bureaucratic Chaos, Illustrated: The neon circuit-brain design captures the exact energy of a government memo getting rewritten in real time because someone didn't like a word.
The Slow Burn: "Formerly Known As Artificial Intelligence" takes a beat to land, the same way it took the State Department about four hours to comply.
Badge of Honor: Wear it as proof you were paying attention the week a president renamed AI and everyone just sort of went along with it.
Conversation Starter: Guaranteed to spark a "wait, that's real?" from anyone who missed the news, followed by them fact-checking you and finding out it's real.
Perfect for: tech professionals watching their own field get renamed without a vote • news junkies who need a shirt for every headline this absurd • anyone who's read a State Department memo titled "Change in Nomenclature AI to SI" and needed to sit down for a second • people who think "super" is doing a lot of unearned work in that sentence
Artificial intelligence was apparently never the problem. The word "artificial" was.
The fabric: Gildan 5000 heavyweight cotton — sturdy build that holds its shape wash after wash. This premium version features a full back print, a left sleeve accent, and a subtle interior neck label — front is left clean for an understated look. Available in sizes S–4XL.
