AI vs SI · updated 5 October 2026
Call it AI or Super Intelligence (SI). Your buyers already ask it before they ask you. Here’s what changed, what didn’t, and what to do about it this quarter.
Can they read yours? The free AI-readiness audit shows you in about a minute.
01 · The rename, neutrally
US diplomats are told to say “Super Intelligence” instead of “artificial intelligence” (reported 23 Sep). [1]
A White House executive order and fact sheet make “Super Intelligence (SI)” the federal term. [2]
California tells its agencies to keep saying “AI”. The major AI labs don’t adopt “SI”. Search interest spikes, but stays below “artificial intelligence”. [3]
A “Super Intelligence Force” is created. [4]
I take no side on the politics. I care about what your buyers type, and what the assistants answer them.
02 · What changes in 12–24 months
These are forecasts, not facts, and I’ll update them as the evidence moves. The numbers under each one are sourced.
Agents as researchers and buyers
Buyers already start with ChatGPT, Perplexity or Copilot. Next, agents will do the comparing, the form-filling and the follow-up on their behalf. Your site has to work for a reader that never scrolls.
51%✓ of B2B software buyers start research in an AI chatbot observed 2026-10-05 · G2 buyer survey, March 2026Answer engines as gatekeepers
Assistants summarise the market in one answer. If yours isn’t a name in that answer on day one, you’re rarely on the list at all, however good your sales team is.
85–95%✓ of B2B buyers buy from their day-one shortlist observed 2026-10-05 · 6sense Buyer Experience Report 2025Agent workforces
Research, drafting, reporting and follow-up move to agents, with people approving. Firms that set the rules early get the speed without the mistakes.
+210%✓ YoY growth in searches for 'AI agents for business' observed 2026-10-05 · Truelogic/DataForSEO, June 2026Content velocity
Anyone can now publish a thousand pages. What assistants learn to trust is first-hand, checked, dated content with a named author. The checking is where the value moves.
72✓ hallucinated links my gates rejected in one AI pass, before anything went live observed 2026-10-05 · deterministic validation log03 · The readiness model
Four layers I use to judge whether a business is ready for the Super Intelligence (SI) era. My free audit scores the first three.
Can AI reach and read you?
Not ready: A JavaScript-only site, bot challenges, or a firewall that quietly turns AI crawlers away.
AI-ready website rebuildDoes AI trust you enough to quote you?
Not ready: Thin pages, no named experts, and no numbers an assistant can quote.
AI search visibility sprintDo the people AI sends you convert?
Not ready: A contact page, a generic form and a three-day wait.
Conversion landing pagesDo agents keep it all running?
Not ready: Senior people doing repetitive work by hand, and content that stops when they get busy.
AI agents & automation04 · This quarter
Ask ChatGPT, Perplexity, Gemini and Claude the five questions your buyers ask before they buy. Write down who gets named, and what is said about you.
Look at robots.txt and your CDN or firewall settings for AI crawlers such as GPTBot, OAI-SearchBot, ClaudeBot and PerplexityBot. Some providers can block them, depending on the zone’s age and settings. [8]
Fetch your homepage’s raw HTML. If your words aren’t in it, most AI crawlers can’t see them. My own old site showed 0 words.
Even ranges. Assistants answer “how much does it cost?” with whoever publishes a number.
Turn your most common customer questions into answer-first pages: the answer in the first two sentences, the detail after.
One company name everywhere, Organization and Person schema, and sameAs links to your real profiles.
A real author, a real “updated” date, and a source for every claim.
A form, a booking link or WhatsApp, and a reply within one business day.
Pick one repetitive workflow, such as lead pre-briefs, reporting or onboarding, and run it with human approval and a spend cap.
Write down who approves AI-drafted content before it publishes, and what gets checked.
05 · FAQ
No. In the US government’s usage, Super Intelligence (SI) is a new name for the same field: the same models, the same tools. Researchers have long used “superintelligence” for something narrower, AI that would exceed people across most domains. That debate is separate from the naming change.
Not for search. Buyers and procurement teams still type “AI”: searches for “AI agents for business” grew +210% year on year [7]. Keep “AI” in your titles, pages and URLs. Use “SI”, if at all, as a nod to the moment.
No. I don’t take sides on the rename. I track what buyers type and what assistants answer, and I’ll update this page as both change.
Super Intelligence. Also Slovenia’s country code: small, sharp, independent. Like a one-man agency.
The score my free AI-readiness audit gives your site: up to 100 points across Found, Cited and Chosen, plus a separate Agent-Ready sub-score. It’s calculated by fixed rules, not by a language model, so the same site gets the same score.
No, and be wary of anyone who promises it. Readiness removes the reasons an assistant can’t use you. Whether it chooses you also depends on your reputation, your reviews and what others write about you. I measure it; I don’t promise it.
Last reviewed 5 October 2026 by Vegard Wikeby. Corrections welcome: get in touch.
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