{"podcast":{"title":"Chain of Thought | AI Agents, Infrastructure & Engineering","slug":"chain-of-thought-ai-agents","podcast_index_feed_id":7074333,"rss_url":"https://feeds.transistor.fm/chain-of-thought","website_url":"https://newsletter.chainofthought.show/","image_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/Yf0B0akhfAtC-Ahrn6UylfgdusLiIKiLKXlMy29dfwI/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:1400/h:1400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS81YjBh/ODMzMTY3ZjQ0MjBj/YTE1ODMwYTZlNDgx/Mjc2Mi5qcGc.jpg","author":"Conor Bronsdon","episode_count":63,"summary":"AI is reshaping infrastructure, strategy, and entire industries. Host Conor Bronsdon talks to the engineers, founders, and researchers building breakthrough AI systems about what it actually takes to ship AI in production, where the opportunities lie, and how leaders should think about the strategic bets ahead. Chain of Thought translates technical depth into actionable insights for builders and decision-makers. New episodes weekly. Conor Bronsdon is an angel investor in AI and dev tools, Technical Ecosystem Lead at Modular, and previously led growth at AI startups Galileo and LinearB. Disclaimer: All views, opinions and statements expressed on this account are solely my own and are made in my personal capacity. They do not reflect, and should not be construed as reflecting, the views, positions, or policies of Modular. This account is not affiliated with, authorized by, or endorsed by Modular in any way.","last_synced_at":"2026-06-12T00:17:44.387836+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/chain-of-thought-ai-agents"},"episode":{"title":"Why LLMs Are Plausibility Engines, Not Truth Engines | Dan Klein","slug":"why-llms-are-plausibility-engines-not-truth-engines-dan-klein","published_at":"2026-04-08T11:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/chain-of-thought-ai-agents/why-llms-are-plausibility-engines-not-truth-engines-dan-klein","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/chain-of-thought-ai-agents","url":"https://share.transistor.fm/s/9ab75e81","audio_url":"https://media.transistor.fm/9ab75e81/8f5187a8.mp3","summary":"Dan Klein, co-founder & CTO of Scaled Cognition and ACM Grace Murray Hopper Award winner, breaks down why LLMs are fundamentally plausibility engines and how his team built APT1 for under 11 million dollars. He explains why multi-model checking fails, why benchmarks measure the wrong thing, and what it takes to ship AI that enterprises can actually trust.","meta_description":"Dan Klein, co-founder & CTO of Scaled Cognition and ACM Grace Murray Hopper Award winner, breaks down why LLMs are fundamentally plausibility engines…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":4693,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/chain-of-thought-ai-agents/episodes/why-llms-are-plausibility-engines-not-truth-engines-dan-klein/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/chain-of-thought-ai-agents/why-llms-are-plausibility-engines-not-truth-engines-dan-klein.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}