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Things that are being pushed into the future right now: Gemini 3.1 Pro and Gemini DeepThink V2. Claude Sonnet 4.6. Grok 4.20. Updates on Agentic Coding. Disagreement between Anthropic and the Department of War. We are officially a bit behind and will have to catch up next week. Even without all that, we have a second highly full plate today. Table of Contents (As a reminder: bold are my top picks, italics means highly skippable) Levels of Friction. Marginal costs of arguing are going down. The Art Of The Jailbreak. UK AISI finds a universal method. The Quest for Sane Regulations. Some relatively good proposals. People Really Hate AI. Alas, it is mostly for the wrong reasons. A Very Bad Paper. Nick Bostrom writes a highly disappointing paper. Rhetorical Innovation. The worst possible plan is the best one on the table. The Most Forbidden Technique. <wonka voice> No, stop, come back. </wonka> Everyone Is Or Should Be Confused About Morality. New levels of ‘can you?’ Aligning a Smarter Than Human Intelligence is Difficult. Seeking a good basin. [...] ---Outline:(00:43) Levels of Friction(04:55) The Art Of The Jailbreak(06:16) The Quest for Sane Regulations(12:09) People Really Hate AI(18:22) A Very Bad Paper(25:21) Rhetorical Innovation(32:35) The Most Forbidden Technique(34:10) Everyone Is Or Should Be Confused About Morality(36:07) Aligning a Smarter Than Human Intelligence is Difficult(44:51) Well Just Call It Something Else(47:18) Vulnerable World Hypothesis(51:37) Autonomous Killer Robots(53:18) People Will Hand Over Power To The AIs(57:04) People Are Worried About AI Killing Everyone(59:29) Other People Are Not Worried About AI Killing Everyone(01:00:56) The Lighter Side --- First published: February 20th, 2026 Source: https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/obqmuRxwFyy8ziPrB/ai-156-part-2-errors-in-rhetoric --- 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.