Things that are being pushed into the future right now:

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)

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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

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First published:
February 20th, 2026

Source:
https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/obqmuRxwFyy8ziPrB/ai-156-part-2-errors-in-rhetoric

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“AI #156 Part 2: Errors in Rhetoric” by Zvi

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