Jesus, is HN really buying into that “superintelligence” newspeak?

Calling superintelligence "newspeak" is proof you don't really understand what you're talking about. This is not a new concept and has been discussed extensively for about two decades.

This has nothing to to with the recent EO, it has been known for some time that the labs are racing towards ASI.

Because this is not a topic you're familiar with, I would recommend some light reading on it before returning to the topic and commenting on it with such confidence.

A good starting point would be reading some of the perspectives of some of the people that built the modern LLM. I promise you they understand the technology and its potential better than you, and were discussing these things well before it was even a concept in your mind.