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There really is a lot going on these days. I held off posting this because I was trying to see if I could write a net helpful post about the current situation involving Anthropic and the Pentagon. Anthropic very much wants to help DoW defend our country and make us strong. It is clear there have been some large misunderstandings here about how LLMs work. They are not ordinary tools like spreadsheets that automatically do whatever the user asks, nor would it be safe to make them so, nor do they predictably adhere to written rule sets or take instructions from their CEO in a crisis. And they are probabilistic. You do not and cannot get absolute guarantees. The only way to know if an AI model will do what you need in a crisis is something you needed to be do regardless of potential refusals, and which is also what you must do with human soldiers, which is to run the simulations and mock battles and drills and tests that tell you if the model can do and is willing to do the job. If there are irreconcilable differences and the military contract needs [...] ---Outline:(02:09) Bad News(04:03) Government Working(15:11) The Epstein Files(17:17) RIP Scott Adams(19:08) News You Cant Use But Click On Anyway(20:22) Were Putting Together A Team(20:47) You Cant Retire, I Quit(23:41) Jones Act Watch(33:24) Variously Effective Altruism(34:41) They Took Our Jobs And Now I Can Relax(35:39) While I Cannot Condone This(37:32) Good News, Everyone(39:19) Use Your One Time(42:34) Hands Off My Phone(45:14) Fun Theory(46:46) Good Advice(48:31) For Your Entertainment(51:07) Plur1bus(52:14) Gamers Gonna Game Game Game Game Game(57:58) Sports Go Sports(01:02:49) The Revolution of Retroactive Rising Expectations(01:04:15) I Was Promised Spying Cars(01:05:13) Prediction Market Madness(01:09:02) The Lighter Side --- First published: February 18th, 2026 Source: https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/3QPoEGfzHaywGDWKr/monthly-roundup-39-february-2026 --- Narrated by TYPE III AUDIO. ---Images from the article:Apple Podcasts and Spotify do not show images in the episode description. Try Pocket Casts, or another podcast app.