U.S. Secretary of Education Linda McMahon was at the ASU+GSV Summit this week, where education and technology experts gathered to talk about AI and its impact on learning. While on a panel discussing AI in the workforce, McMahon kept calling AI “A1”, like the steak sauce.

“You know, AI development — I mean, how can we educate at the speed of light if we don’t have the best technology around to do that?” she said. “I heard … that there was a school system that’s going to start making sure that first graders, or even pre-Ks, have A1 teaching in every year, starting that far down in the grades. That’s a wonderful thing!”

In her defense, it doesn’t seem like she actually thinks that artificial intelligence is abbreviated “A1.” During the panel, she said “AI” at first, but then started saying “A1” more and more.

“It wasn’t all that long ago that it was, ‘We’re going to have internet in our schools!’” she continued. “Now let’s see A1, and how can that be helpful.”

AI is a term we hear everywhere, so it’s hard to imagine forgetting the right acronym — it’s like if a pro athlete called Major League Baseball the “NFL.” People make mistakes and misspeak sometimes. Nobody’s perfect. But coming from the Secretary of Education, this feels like a bigger slip-up than usual.