That just replaces the first word with what is essentially a synonym. It's the second word "intelligence" that's the issue.

"artificial" and "synthetic" aren't exactly synonyms in my mind. If I synthesize glucose, there is nothing artificial about it. It just didn't come from a process developed by evolution. Conversely, artificial leather is nothing like real leather.

I'll have to think about that some more.

But again, it's the "intelligence" part that's the misnomer. Except for John Carmack, no one's trying to invent general intelligence. Every single bit of work is merely automating tasks that when performed by humans requires intelligence... except that too is a misnomer because as humans we literally can't do anything, no matter how mundane, without it "requiring intelligence".

The root artifice has a broader meaning than "fake". Synthesizing something is an application of artifice.