{"podcast":{"title":"Chit Chat Across the Pond","slug":"chit-chat-across-the-pond-951494","podcast_index_feed_id":951494,"rss_url":"https://podfeet.com/ccatp/ccatp-rss.xml","website_url":"http://podfeet.com/ccatp","image_url":"http://podfeet.com/ccatp/ChitChatPond_V7_1400px.png","author":"Allison Sheridan","episode_count":188,"summary":"Chit Chat Across the Pond is an interview show talking technology","last_synced_at":"2026-07-24T08:17:57.640594+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/chit-chat-across-the-pond-951494"},"episode":{"title":"CCATP #831 — Adam Engst on Reading Trains Your Internal LLM","slug":"ccatp-831-adam-engst-on-reading-trains-your-internal-llm","published_at":"2026-03-18T20:20:06+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/chit-chat-across-the-pond-951494/ccatp-831-adam-engst-on-reading-trains-your-internal-llm","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/chit-chat-across-the-pond-951494","url":"https://www.podfeet.com/blog/2026/03/ccatp-831","audio_url":"https://media.blubrry.com/nosillacast/traffic.libsyn.com/nosillacast/CCATP_2026_03_18.mp3","summary":"In this fascinating discussion with Adam Engst, we discuss how he used to think that reading added information to essentially a database in his brain. Recently, though, he has started to think about his brain as a large language model, and that instead, reading is changing the weights of the model to include new information. Here's a link to the article on tidbits.com/... where Adam explains this concept in full detail. Join the Conversation: allison@podfeet.com podfeet.com/slack Support the Show: Patreon Donation Apple Pay or Credit Card one-time donation PayPal one-time donation Podfeet Podcasts Mugs at Zazzle NosillaCast 20th Anniversary Shirts Referral Links: Setapp - 1 month free for you and me Wispr Flow - 1 month free for you PETLIBRO - 30% off for you and me Parallels Toolbox - 3 months free for you and me Learn through MacSparky Field Guides - 15% off for you and me Backblaze - One free month for me and you Eufy - $40 for me if you spend $200. Sadly nothing in it for you. PIA VPN - One month added to Paid Accounts for both of us CleanShot X - Earns me $25%, sorry nothing in it for you but my gratitude","meta_description":"In this fascinating discussion with Adam Engst, we discuss how he used to think that reading added information to essentially a database in his brain. Rec…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":2377,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/chit-chat-across-the-pond-951494/episodes/ccatp-831-adam-engst-on-reading-trains-your-internal-llm/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/chit-chat-across-the-pond-951494/ccatp-831-adam-engst-on-reading-trains-your-internal-llm.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}