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	<title>AI at the Coalface of Knowledge Work</title>
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	<pubDate>Mon, 27 Apr 2026 13:22:29 +0000</pubDate>
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	<description><![CDATA[Alex and Pete dissect whether AI agents can actually replace knowledge workers, discussing why language models excel at testable tasks like coding, but fare less well at more general business activities that often require navigating the messy political realities of the corporate landscape.]]></description>
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	<pubDate>Mon, 13 Apr 2026 11:55:39 +0000</pubDate>
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	<description><![CDATA[Alex and Pete discuss how AI agents are collapsing the software development lifecycle (SDLC), eliminating manual coding steps whilst creating new requirements for testing, monitoring, and managing increasingly complex automated workflows at unprecedented scale.]]></description>
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	<title>AI Anthropomorphic Abashment</title>
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	<description><![CDATA[Alex and Pete discuss our problematic tendency to project human characteristic on LLMs, and use anthropomorphic language when discussing them.]]></description>
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	<itunes:author><![CDATA[Digressive Podcasts]]></itunes:author>	<googleplay:description><![CDATA[Alex and Pete discuss our problematic tendency to project human characteristic on LLMs, and use anthropomorphic language when discussing them.]]></googleplay:description>
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	<googleplay:explicit>Yes</googleplay:explicit>
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	<title>Can using Generative AI for creativity ever be ethical?</title>
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	<pubDate>Mon, 09 Mar 2026 13:12:51 +0000</pubDate>
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	<description><![CDATA[Alex and Pete grapple with the ethics of using generative AI in creative work—balancing utility against copyright theft, environmental impact, and career pressure whilst acknowledging there&#8217;s no easy resolution.]]></description>
	<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[Alex and Pete grapple with the ethics of using generative AI in creative work—balancing utility against copyright theft, environmental impact, and career pressure whilst acknowledging there&#8217;s no easy resolution.]]></itunes:subtitle>
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	<googleplay:explicit>Yes</googleplay:explicit>
	<googleplay:block>no</googleplay:block>
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	<title>Will AI steal your job?</title>
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	<description><![CDATA[Alex and Pete examine whether AI will replace jobs within 18 months, discussing automation history, current limitations, and Microsoft&#8217;s predictions regarding workplace displacement.]]></description>
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	<itunes:summary><![CDATA[Alex and Pete examine whether AI will replace jobs within 18 months, discussing automation history, current limitations, and Microsoft&#8217;s predictions regarding workplace displacement.]]></itunes:summary>
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	<googleplay:explicit>Yes</googleplay:explicit>
	<googleplay:block>no</googleplay:block>
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	<title>Agent coding an LLM chat client &#8211; The aftermath</title>
	<link>https://digressive.me/podcast/agent-coding-an-llm-chat-client-the-aftermath/</link>
	<pubDate>Mon, 09 Feb 2026 15:23:23 +0000</pubDate>
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	<description><![CDATA[Alex and Pete discuss AI coding agents&#8217; limitations after Alex&#8217;s LLM client build revealed extensive bugs and missing features. They explore testing challenges, agent reliability metrics, and corporate liability concerns preventing enterprise adoption. This episode will make a lot more sense if you listen to the previous episode first.]]></description>
	<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[Alex and Pete discuss AI coding agents&#8217; limitations after Alex&#8217;s LLM client build revealed extensive bugs and missing features. They explore testing challenges, agent reliability metrics, and corporate liability concerns preventing enterprise]]></itunes:subtitle>
	<content:encoded><![CDATA[Alex and Pete discuss AI coding agents&#8217; limitations after Alex&#8217;s LLM client build revealed extensive bugs and missing features. They explore testing challenges, agent reliability metrics, and corporate liability concerns preventing enterprise adoption. This episode will make a lot more sense if you listen to the previous episode first.]]></content:encoded>
	<enclosure url="https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/digressive.me/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/the-confusion-matrix-agent-coding-an-llm-chat-client-the-aftermath.mp3" length="43861807" type="audio/mpeg"></enclosure>
	<itunes:summary><![CDATA[Alex and Pete discuss AI coding agents&#8217; limitations after Alex&#8217;s LLM client build revealed extensive bugs and missing features. They explore testing challenges, agent reliability metrics, and corporate liability concerns preventing enterprise adoption. This episode will make a lot more sense if you listen to the previous episode first.]]></itunes:summary>
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	<googleplay:explicit>Yes</googleplay:explicit>
	<googleplay:block>no</googleplay:block>
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	<title>Agent coding an LLM chat client step-by-step</title>
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	<pubDate>Mon, 26 Jan 2026 10:54:01 +0000</pubDate>
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	<description><![CDATA[Alex and Pete discuss Alex&#8217;s rebuild of his perma-regenerating LLM chat client. This time he did it properly! No messing, just hardcore, disciplined, systematic, agent-coding goodness. Join them as he walks Pete through the process in excruciating, step-by-step detail. The Vanishing Gradients episode Alex mentions.]]></description>
	<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[Alex and Pete discuss Alex&#8217;s rebuild of his perma-regenerating LLM chat client. This time he did it properly! No messing, just hardcore, disciplined, systematic, agent-coding goodness. Join them as he walks Pete through the process in excruciating,]]></itunes:subtitle>
	<content:encoded><![CDATA[Alex and Pete discuss Alex&#8217;s rebuild of his perma-regenerating LLM chat client. This time he did it properly! No messing, just hardcore, disciplined, systematic, agent-coding goodness. Join them as he walks Pete through the process in excruciating, step-by-step detail. The Vanishing Gradients episode Alex mentions.]]></content:encoded>
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	<itunes:summary><![CDATA[Alex and Pete discuss Alex&#8217;s rebuild of his perma-regenerating LLM chat client. This time he did it properly! No messing, just hardcore, disciplined, systematic, agent-coding goodness. Join them as he walks Pete through the process in excruciating, step-by-step detail. The Vanishing Gradients episode Alex mentions.]]></itunes:summary>
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	<googleplay:explicit>Yes</googleplay:explicit>
	<googleplay:block>no</googleplay:block>
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	<title>How the norms use LLMs</title>
	<link>https://digressive.me/podcast/how-the-norms-use-llms/</link>
	<pubDate>Wed, 03 Dec 2025 10:43:36 +0000</pubDate>
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	<description><![CDATA[Alex and Pete examine OpenAI&#8217;s comprehensive report on ChatGPT usage patterns, analysing classification methodologies and user behaviour across consumer and workplace contexts. They discuss the shift from advice-seeking to task execution, the dominance of writing and information-seeking functions, and implications for future AI adoption and market opportunities.]]></description>
	<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[Alex and Pete examine OpenAI&#8217;s comprehensive report on ChatGPT usage patterns, analysing classification methodologies and user behaviour across consumer and workplace contexts. They discuss the shift from advice-seeking to task execution, the domin]]></itunes:subtitle>
	<content:encoded><![CDATA[Alex and Pete examine OpenAI&#8217;s comprehensive report on ChatGPT usage patterns, analysing classification methodologies and user behaviour across consumer and workplace contexts. They discuss the shift from advice-seeking to task execution, the dominance of writing and information-seeking functions, and implications for future AI adoption and market opportunities.]]></content:encoded>
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	<itunes:summary><![CDATA[Alex and Pete examine OpenAI&#8217;s comprehensive report on ChatGPT usage patterns, analysing classification methodologies and user behaviour across consumer and workplace contexts. They discuss the shift from advice-seeking to task execution, the dominance of writing and information-seeking functions, and implications for future AI adoption and market opportunities.]]></itunes:summary>
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	<itunes:explicit>true</itunes:explicit>
	<itunes:block>no</itunes:block>
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	<itunes:author><![CDATA[Digressive Podcasts]]></itunes:author>	<googleplay:description><![CDATA[Alex and Pete examine OpenAI&#8217;s comprehensive report on ChatGPT usage patterns, analysing classification methodologies and user behaviour across consumer and workplace contexts. They discuss the shift from advice-seeking to task execution, the dominance of writing and information-seeking functions, and implications for future AI adoption and market opportunities.]]></googleplay:description>
	<googleplay:image href="https://digressive.me/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/logo_2048.png"></googleplay:image>
	<googleplay:explicit>Yes</googleplay:explicit>
	<googleplay:block>no</googleplay:block>
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<item>
	<title>Evals and Aliens &#8211; How model testing is not a binary affair</title>
	<link>https://digressive.me/podcast/evals-and-aliens-how-model-testing-is-not-a-binary-affair/</link>
	<pubDate>Mon, 17 Nov 2025 11:58:40 +0000</pubDate>
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	<description><![CDATA[Pete and Alex examine AI model evaluation methodologies, comparing traditional machine learning metrics with the qualitative assessment challenges of large language models. They discuss the collaborative requirements between technical and business teams to establish evaluation criteria for generative AI systems, highlighting the subjective nature of testing conversational outputs versus binary classification tasks. With the help [&#8230;]]]></description>
	<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[Pete and Alex examine AI model evaluation methodologies, comparing traditional machine learning metrics with the qualitative assessment challenges of large language models. They discuss the collaborative requirements between technical and business teams ]]></itunes:subtitle>
	<content:encoded><![CDATA[Pete and Alex examine AI model evaluation methodologies, comparing traditional machine learning metrics with the qualitative assessment challenges of large language models. They discuss the collaborative requirements between technical and business teams to establish evaluation criteria for generative AI systems, highlighting the subjective nature of testing conversational outputs versus binary classification tasks. With the help [&#8230;]]]></content:encoded>
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	<itunes:summary><![CDATA[Pete and Alex examine AI model evaluation methodologies, comparing traditional machine learning metrics with the qualitative assessment challenges of large language models. They discuss the collaborative requirements between technical and business teams to establish evaluation criteria for generative AI systems, highlighting the subjective nature of testing conversational outputs versus binary classification tasks. With the help [&#8230;]]]></itunes:summary>
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	<googleplay:image href="https://digressive.me/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/logo_2048.png"></googleplay:image>
	<googleplay:explicit>No</googleplay:explicit>
	<googleplay:block>no</googleplay:block>
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<item>
	<title>I suppose a hack&#8217;s out of the question? &#8211; Adventures in LLM Cyber-security</title>
	<link>https://digressive.me/podcast/i-suppose-a-hacks-out-of-the-question-adventures-in-llm-cyber-security/</link>
	<pubDate>Mon, 03 Nov 2025 09:53:56 +0000</pubDate>
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	<description><![CDATA[Pete and Alex dig into cybersecurity risks with AI agents and generative AI systems. They cover two main problems: people coding dodgy applications without security knowledge, and hackers directly exploiting AI agents that have access to tools and data. Despite the scary possibilities, they reckon most vulnerabilities are manageable with decent security practices. Practical AI [&#8230;]]]></description>
	<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[Pete and Alex dig into cybersecurity risks with AI agents and generative AI systems. They cover two main problems: people coding dodgy applications without security knowledge, and hackers directly exploiting AI agents that have access to tools and data. ]]></itunes:subtitle>
	<content:encoded><![CDATA[Pete and Alex dig into cybersecurity risks with AI agents and generative AI systems. They cover two main problems: people coding dodgy applications without security knowledge, and hackers directly exploiting AI agents that have access to tools and data. Despite the scary possibilities, they reckon most vulnerabilities are manageable with decent security practices. Practical AI [&#8230;]]]></content:encoded>
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	<itunes:summary><![CDATA[Pete and Alex dig into cybersecurity risks with AI agents and generative AI systems. They cover two main problems: people coding dodgy applications without security knowledge, and hackers directly exploiting AI agents that have access to tools and data. Despite the scary possibilities, they reckon most vulnerabilities are manageable with decent security practices. Practical AI [&#8230;]]]></itunes:summary>
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	<googleplay:image href="https://digressive.me/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/logo_2048.png"></googleplay:image>
	<googleplay:explicit>Yes</googleplay:explicit>
	<googleplay:block>no</googleplay:block>
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<item>
	<title>GenAI, the state of it! Returns!</title>
	<link>https://digressive.me/podcast/genai-the-state-of-it-returns/</link>
	<pubDate>Mon, 27 Oct 2025 16:01:07 +0000</pubDate>
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	<guid isPermaLink="false">https://digressive.me/?post_type=podcast&#038;p=131</guid>
	<description><![CDATA[Pete and Alex recap their recent AI discussions, covering why language model &#8220;hallucinations&#8221; are actually normal behaviour, how most AI proof-of-concepts fail due to poor ideas rather than technical issues, the impact on jobs and graduate recruitment, and the rise of AI coding agents that are reshaping software development. Practical AI &#8211; Dealing with increasingly [&#8230;]]]></description>
	<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[Pete and Alex recap their recent AI discussions, covering why language model &#8220;hallucinations&#8221; are actually normal behaviour, how most AI proof-of-concepts fail due to poor ideas rather than technical issues, the impact on jobs and graduate re]]></itunes:subtitle>
	<content:encoded><![CDATA[Pete and Alex recap their recent AI discussions, covering why language model &#8220;hallucinations&#8221; are actually normal behaviour, how most AI proof-of-concepts fail due to poor ideas rather than technical issues, the impact on jobs and graduate recruitment, and the rise of AI coding agents that are reshaping software development. Practical AI &#8211; Dealing with increasingly [&#8230;]]]></content:encoded>
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	<itunes:summary><![CDATA[Pete and Alex recap their recent AI discussions, covering why language model &#8220;hallucinations&#8221; are actually normal behaviour, how most AI proof-of-concepts fail due to poor ideas rather than technical issues, the impact on jobs and graduate recruitment, and the rise of AI coding agents that are reshaping software development. Practical AI &#8211; Dealing with increasingly [&#8230;]]]></itunes:summary>
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	<itunes:explicit>true</itunes:explicit>
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	<googleplay:image href="https://digressive.me/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/logo_2048.png"></googleplay:image>
	<googleplay:explicit>Yes</googleplay:explicit>
	<googleplay:block>no</googleplay:block>
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<item>
	<title>No Surprises &#8211; Analysis of The GenAI Divide MIT Report</title>
	<link>https://digressive.me/podcast/no-surprises-analysis-of-the-genai-divide-mit-report/</link>
	<pubDate>Mon, 13 Oct 2025 11:22:11 +0000</pubDate>
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	<description><![CDATA[Alex and Pete discuss MIT&#8217;s study revealing 95% of GenAI projects fail despite massive enterprise investment. They explore why companies struggle to scale beyond pilots, the &#8220;shadow AI economy&#8221; of employees secretly using personal AI tools, and practical strategies for successful implementation including adaptive systems and treating AI procurement like business process outsourcing.]]></description>
	<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[Alex and Pete discuss MIT&#8217;s study revealing 95% of GenAI projects fail despite massive enterprise investment. They explore why companies struggle to scale beyond pilots, the &#8220;shadow AI economy&#8221; of employees secretly using personal AI to]]></itunes:subtitle>
	<content:encoded><![CDATA[Alex and Pete discuss MIT&#8217;s study revealing 95% of GenAI projects fail despite massive enterprise investment. They explore why companies struggle to scale beyond pilots, the &#8220;shadow AI economy&#8221; of employees secretly using personal AI tools, and practical strategies for successful implementation including adaptive systems and treating AI procurement like business process outsourcing.]]></content:encoded>
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	<itunes:summary><![CDATA[Alex and Pete discuss MIT&#8217;s study revealing 95% of GenAI projects fail despite massive enterprise investment. They explore why companies struggle to scale beyond pilots, the &#8220;shadow AI economy&#8221; of employees secretly using personal AI tools, and practical strategies for successful implementation including adaptive systems and treating AI procurement like business process outsourcing.]]></itunes:summary>
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	<googleplay:image href="https://digressive.me/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/logo_2048.png"></googleplay:image>
	<googleplay:explicit>Yes</googleplay:explicit>
	<googleplay:block>no</googleplay:block>
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<item>
	<title>Terminal Velocity &#8211; LLMs and The Inexorable March to Text First UIs</title>
	<link>https://digressive.me/podcast/terminal-velocity-llms-and-the-inexorable-march-to-text-first-uis/</link>
	<pubDate>Fri, 03 Oct 2025 10:35:23 +0000</pubDate>
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	<description><![CDATA[Alex explains his slow but unstoppable gravitation to text based interfaces and an &#8220;everything via the terminal&#8221; mentality. After all, who needs graphical operating systems? To do this, Pete and Alex take a ramble through the history of nerd-first user interfaces, discuss why keyboard layouts are stupid, how this relates to window based OSes and [&#8230;]]]></description>
	<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[Alex explains his slow but unstoppable gravitation to text based interfaces and an &#8220;everything via the terminal&#8221; mentality. After all, who needs graphical operating systems? To do this, Pete and Alex take a ramble through the history of nerd-]]></itunes:subtitle>
	<content:encoded><![CDATA[Alex explains his slow but unstoppable gravitation to text based interfaces and an &#8220;everything via the terminal&#8221; mentality. After all, who needs graphical operating systems? To do this, Pete and Alex take a ramble through the history of nerd-first user interfaces, discuss why keyboard layouts are stupid, how this relates to window based OSes and [&#8230;]]]></content:encoded>
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	<itunes:summary><![CDATA[Alex explains his slow but unstoppable gravitation to text based interfaces and an &#8220;everything via the terminal&#8221; mentality. After all, who needs graphical operating systems? To do this, Pete and Alex take a ramble through the history of nerd-first user interfaces, discuss why keyboard layouts are stupid, how this relates to window based OSes and [&#8230;]]]></itunes:summary>
	<itunes:image href="https://digressive.me/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/logo_2048.png"></itunes:image>
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		<title>Terminal Velocity &#8211; LLMs and The Inexorable March to Text First UIs</title>
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	<itunes:block>no</itunes:block>
	<itunes:duration>01:17:33</itunes:duration>
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	<googleplay:image href="https://digressive.me/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/logo_2048.png"></googleplay:image>
	<googleplay:explicit>Yes</googleplay:explicit>
	<googleplay:block>no</googleplay:block>
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<item>
	<title>Peak LLM = Peak Swiss Cheese</title>
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	<pubDate>Mon, 22 Sep 2025 12:00:09 +0000</pubDate>
	<dc:creator><![CDATA[Digressive Podcasts]]></dc:creator>
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	<description><![CDATA[Pete and Alex ponder whether we are at the point where LLMs are as good as they are going to get, and what the implications of this are. This requires a dip into the murky depths of what businesses exist to do and how the randomness that the LLMs generate is antithetical to how businesses [&#8230;]]]></description>
	<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[Pete and Alex ponder whether we are at the point where LLMs are as good as they are going to get, and what the implications of this are. This requires a dip into the murky depths of what businesses exist to do and how the randomness that the LLMs generat]]></itunes:subtitle>
	<content:encoded><![CDATA[Pete and Alex ponder whether we are at the point where LLMs are as good as they are going to get, and what the implications of this are. This requires a dip into the murky depths of what businesses exist to do and how the randomness that the LLMs generate is antithetical to how businesses [&#8230;]]]></content:encoded>
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	<itunes:summary><![CDATA[Pete and Alex ponder whether we are at the point where LLMs are as good as they are going to get, and what the implications of this are. This requires a dip into the murky depths of what businesses exist to do and how the randomness that the LLMs generate is antithetical to how businesses [&#8230;]]]></itunes:summary>
	<itunes:image href="https://digressive.me/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/logo_2048.png"></itunes:image>
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		<title>Peak LLM = Peak Swiss Cheese</title>
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	<itunes:explicit>true</itunes:explicit>
	<itunes:block>no</itunes:block>
	<itunes:duration>01:01:50</itunes:duration>
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	<googleplay:image href="https://digressive.me/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/logo_2048.png"></googleplay:image>
	<googleplay:explicit>Yes</googleplay:explicit>
	<googleplay:block>no</googleplay:block>
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<item>
	<title>AI Coded Personalised Software &#8211; Brave New World or Brand New Apocalypse</title>
	<link>https://digressive.me/podcast/ai-coded-personalised-software-brave-new-world-or-brand-new-apocalypse/</link>
	<pubDate>Mon, 08 Sep 2025 08:56:12 +0000</pubDate>
	<dc:creator><![CDATA[Digressive Podcasts]]></dc:creator>
	<guid isPermaLink="false">https://digressive.me/?post_type=podcast&#038;p=120</guid>
	<description><![CDATA[Join Alex and Pete as they discuss building software that suits only your needs and idiosyn-crazies using AI. Surely this is a good thing, and not just another apocalypse in disguise? There&#8217;s only one way to find out!]]></description>
	<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[Join Alex and Pete as they discuss building software that suits only your needs and idiosyn-crazies using AI. Surely this is a good thing, and not just another apocalypse in disguise? There&#8217;s only one way to find out!]]></itunes:subtitle>
	<content:encoded><![CDATA[Join Alex and Pete as they discuss building software that suits only your needs and idiosyn-crazies using AI. Surely this is a good thing, and not just another apocalypse in disguise? There&#8217;s only one way to find out!]]></content:encoded>
	<enclosure url="https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/digressive.me/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/the-confusion-matrix-personalised-software.mp3" length="61591961" type="audio/mpeg"></enclosure>
	<itunes:summary><![CDATA[Join Alex and Pete as they discuss building software that suits only your needs and idiosyn-crazies using AI. Surely this is a good thing, and not just another apocalypse in disguise? There&#8217;s only one way to find out!]]></itunes:summary>
	<itunes:image href="https://digressive.me/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/logo_2048.png"></itunes:image>
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		<title>AI Coded Personalised Software &#8211; Brave New World or Brand New Apocalypse</title>
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	<itunes:explicit>true</itunes:explicit>
	<itunes:block>no</itunes:block>
	<itunes:duration>01:09:11</itunes:duration>
	<itunes:author><![CDATA[Digressive Podcasts]]></itunes:author>	<googleplay:description><![CDATA[Join Alex and Pete as they discuss building software that suits only your needs and idiosyn-crazies using AI. Surely this is a good thing, and not just another apocalypse in disguise? There&#8217;s only one way to find out!]]></googleplay:description>
	<googleplay:image href="https://digressive.me/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/logo_2048.png"></googleplay:image>
	<googleplay:explicit>Yes</googleplay:explicit>
	<googleplay:block>no</googleplay:block>
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<item>
	<title>LLM Quality Assurance Part 2 &#8211; Blowing Hot and Cold about Demand Side QA</title>
	<link>https://digressive.me/podcast/llm-quality-assurance-part-2-blowing-hot-and-cold-about-demand-side-qa/</link>
	<pubDate>Wed, 27 Aug 2025 12:11:24 +0000</pubDate>
	<dc:creator><![CDATA[Digressive Podcasts]]></dc:creator>
	<guid isPermaLink="false">https://digressive.me/?post_type=podcast&#038;p=117</guid>
	<description><![CDATA[Pete and Alex discuss the challenges of deploying language models in end-user facing systems, the dilemma of diversity vs accuracy of output, and how all of this is a giant headache for data scientists and software engineers alike.]]></description>
	<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[Pete and Alex discuss the challenges of deploying language models in end-user facing systems, the dilemma of diversity vs accuracy of output, and how all of this is a giant headache for data scientists and software engineers alike.]]></itunes:subtitle>
	<content:encoded><![CDATA[Pete and Alex discuss the challenges of deploying language models in end-user facing systems, the dilemma of diversity vs accuracy of output, and how all of this is a giant headache for data scientists and software engineers alike.]]></content:encoded>
	<enclosure url="https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/digressive.me/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/the-confusion-matrix-llm-qa-pt2.mp3" length="53118289" type="audio/mpeg"></enclosure>
	<itunes:summary><![CDATA[Pete and Alex discuss the challenges of deploying language models in end-user facing systems, the dilemma of diversity vs accuracy of output, and how all of this is a giant headache for data scientists and software engineers alike.]]></itunes:summary>
	<itunes:image href="https://digressive.me/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/logo_2048.png"></itunes:image>
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		<title>LLM Quality Assurance Part 2 &#8211; Blowing Hot and Cold about Demand Side QA</title>
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	<itunes:explicit>true</itunes:explicit>
	<itunes:block>no</itunes:block>
	<itunes:duration>00:57:15</itunes:duration>
	<itunes:author><![CDATA[Digressive Podcasts]]></itunes:author>	<googleplay:description><![CDATA[Pete and Alex discuss the challenges of deploying language models in end-user facing systems, the dilemma of diversity vs accuracy of output, and how all of this is a giant headache for data scientists and software engineers alike.]]></googleplay:description>
	<googleplay:image href="https://digressive.me/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/logo_2048.png"></googleplay:image>
	<googleplay:explicit>Yes</googleplay:explicit>
	<googleplay:block>no</googleplay:block>
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<item>
	<title>LLM Quality Assurance Part 1 &#8211; Supply Side QA, model accuracy and why cheese is not a fruit</title>
	<link>https://digressive.me/podcast/llm-quality-assurance-part-1-supply-side-qa-model-accuracy-and-why-cheese-is-not-a-fruit/</link>
	<pubDate>Tue, 19 Aug 2025 08:27:09 +0000</pubDate>
	<dc:creator><![CDATA[Digressive Podcasts]]></dc:creator>
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	<description><![CDATA[Pete and Alex discuss the challenges of training models for accuracy, reliability and capability, and various techniques that are being used to ensure these. They talk about how to think about how the models work, why they get things wrong and Alex makes an impassioned case for why cheese should be considered a fruit!]]></description>
	<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[Pete and Alex discuss the challenges of training models for accuracy, reliability and capability, and various techniques that are being used to ensure these. They talk about how to think about how the models work, why they get things wrong and Alex makes]]></itunes:subtitle>
	<content:encoded><![CDATA[Pete and Alex discuss the challenges of training models for accuracy, reliability and capability, and various techniques that are being used to ensure these. They talk about how to think about how the models work, why they get things wrong and Alex makes an impassioned case for why cheese should be considered a fruit!]]></content:encoded>
	<enclosure url="https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/digressive.me/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/the-confusion-matrix-llm-qa-pt1.mp3" length="52366084" type="audio/mpeg"></enclosure>
	<itunes:summary><![CDATA[Pete and Alex discuss the challenges of training models for accuracy, reliability and capability, and various techniques that are being used to ensure these. They talk about how to think about how the models work, why they get things wrong and Alex makes an impassioned case for why cheese should be considered a fruit!]]></itunes:summary>
	<itunes:image href="https://digressive.me/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/logo_2048.png"></itunes:image>
	<image>
		<url>https://digressive.me/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/logo_2048.png</url>
		<title>LLM Quality Assurance Part 1 &#8211; Supply Side QA, model accuracy and why cheese is not a fruit</title>
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	<itunes:explicit>true</itunes:explicit>
	<itunes:block>no</itunes:block>
	<itunes:duration>56:10</itunes:duration>
	<itunes:author><![CDATA[Digressive Podcasts]]></itunes:author>	<googleplay:description><![CDATA[Pete and Alex discuss the challenges of training models for accuracy, reliability and capability, and various techniques that are being used to ensure these. They talk about how to think about how the models work, why they get things wrong and Alex makes an impassioned case for why cheese should be considered a fruit!]]></googleplay:description>
	<googleplay:image href="https://digressive.me/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/logo_2048.png"></googleplay:image>
	<googleplay:explicit>Yes</googleplay:explicit>
	<googleplay:block>no</googleplay:block>
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<item>
	<title>BI, the state of it!</title>
	<link>https://digressive.me/podcast/bi-the-state-of-it/</link>
	<pubDate>Tue, 05 Aug 2025 07:53:18 +0000</pubDate>
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	<description><![CDATA[Alex and Pete battle the demons of unruly technology to give you a brief history of Business Intelligence and their relationship with it. They lament that it all seems to still be about dashboards, why this sucks and offer some alternatives. And yes, AI makes an appearance. Alex also recounts mysterious case of Strategy, the [&#8230;]]]></description>
	<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[Alex and Pete battle the demons of unruly technology to give you a brief history of Business Intelligence and their relationship with it. They lament that it all seems to still be about dashboards, why this sucks and offer some alternatives. And yes, AI ]]></itunes:subtitle>
	<content:encoded><![CDATA[Alex and Pete battle the demons of unruly technology to give you a brief history of Business Intelligence and their relationship with it. They lament that it all seems to still be about dashboards, why this sucks and offer some alternatives. And yes, AI makes an appearance. Alex also recounts mysterious case of Strategy, the [&#8230;]]]></content:encoded>
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	<itunes:author><![CDATA[Digressive Podcasts]]></itunes:author>	<googleplay:description><![CDATA[Alex and Pete battle the demons of unruly technology to give you a brief history of Business Intelligence and their relationship with it. They lament that it all seems to still be about dashboards, why this sucks and offer some alternatives. And yes, AI makes an appearance. Alex also recounts mysterious case of Strategy, the [&#8230;]]]></googleplay:description>
	<googleplay:image href="https://digressive.me/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/logo_2048.png"></googleplay:image>
	<googleplay:explicit>Yes</googleplay:explicit>
	<googleplay:block>no</googleplay:block>
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<item>
	<title>GenAI, the state of it!</title>
	<link>https://digressive.me/podcast/genai-the-state-of-it/</link>
	<pubDate>Mon, 21 Jul 2025 09:47:51 +0000</pubDate>
	<dc:creator><![CDATA[Digressive Podcasts]]></dc:creator>
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	<description><![CDATA[Pete and Alex discuss the range of views on the impact of GenAI on jobs, the seemingly intractable situation that decision makers find themselves in regarding AI adoption, the marvels of modern enterprise procurement procurement, and the AI pricing problem. Oh, and we also get an update on the state of Alex&#8217;s thumb.]]></description>
	<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[Pete and Alex discuss the range of views on the impact of GenAI on jobs, the seemingly intractable situation that decision makers find themselves in regarding AI adoption, the marvels of modern enterprise procurement procurement, and the AI pricing probl]]></itunes:subtitle>
	<content:encoded><![CDATA[Pete and Alex discuss the range of views on the impact of GenAI on jobs, the seemingly intractable situation that decision makers find themselves in regarding AI adoption, the marvels of modern enterprise procurement procurement, and the AI pricing problem. Oh, and we also get an update on the state of Alex&#8217;s thumb.]]></content:encoded>
	<enclosure url="https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/digressive.me/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/the-confusion-matrix-ai-the-state-of-it.mp3" length="47392578" type="audio/mpeg"></enclosure>
	<itunes:summary><![CDATA[Pete and Alex discuss the range of views on the impact of GenAI on jobs, the seemingly intractable situation that decision makers find themselves in regarding AI adoption, the marvels of modern enterprise procurement procurement, and the AI pricing problem. Oh, and we also get an update on the state of Alex&#8217;s thumb.]]></itunes:summary>
	<itunes:image href="https://digressive.me/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/logo_2048.png"></itunes:image>
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		<title>GenAI, the state of it!</title>
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	<itunes:block>no</itunes:block>
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	<googleplay:image href="https://digressive.me/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/logo_2048.png"></googleplay:image>
	<googleplay:explicit>Yes</googleplay:explicit>
	<googleplay:block>no</googleplay:block>
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<item>
	<title>Agents of Chaos &#8211; Deadlines and the Dangers of Delegating to AI Agents</title>
	<link>https://digressive.me/podcast/agents-of-chaos-deadlines-and-the-dangers-of-delegating-to-ai-agents/</link>
	<pubDate>Tue, 15 Jul 2025 08:25:47 +0000</pubDate>
	<dc:creator><![CDATA[Digressive Podcasts]]></dc:creator>
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	<description><![CDATA[Alex recounts his harrowing tale of vibe coding hubris, a rogue AI agent, a busted deadline and a bruised ego. He and Pete discuss the need for a measured approach to using AI agents for mission critical work, the need for actual tech skills when using agents, and how managing them is not really that [&#8230;]]]></description>
	<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[Alex recounts his harrowing tale of vibe coding hubris, a rogue AI agent, a busted deadline and a bruised ego. He and Pete discuss the need for a measured approach to using AI agents for mission critical work, the need for actual tech skills when using a]]></itunes:subtitle>
	<content:encoded><![CDATA[Alex recounts his harrowing tale of vibe coding hubris, a rogue AI agent, a busted deadline and a bruised ego. He and Pete discuss the need for a measured approach to using AI agents for mission critical work, the need for actual tech skills when using agents, and how managing them is not really that [&#8230;]]]></content:encoded>
	<enclosure url="https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/digressive.me/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/the-confusion-matrix-agents-of-chaos.mp3" length="43959450" type="audio/mpeg"></enclosure>
	<itunes:summary><![CDATA[Alex recounts his harrowing tale of vibe coding hubris, a rogue AI agent, a busted deadline and a bruised ego. He and Pete discuss the need for a measured approach to using AI agents for mission critical work, the need for actual tech skills when using agents, and how managing them is not really that [&#8230;]]]></itunes:summary>
	<itunes:image href="https://digressive.me/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/logo_2048.png"></itunes:image>
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	<itunes:block>no</itunes:block>
	<itunes:duration>00:59:47</itunes:duration>
	<itunes:author><![CDATA[Digressive Podcasts]]></itunes:author>	<googleplay:description><![CDATA[Alex recounts his harrowing tale of vibe coding hubris, a rogue AI agent, a busted deadline and a bruised ego. He and Pete discuss the need for a measured approach to using AI agents for mission critical work, the need for actual tech skills when using agents, and how managing them is not really that [&#8230;]]]></googleplay:description>
	<googleplay:image href="https://digressive.me/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/logo_2048.png"></googleplay:image>
	<googleplay:explicit>No</googleplay:explicit>
	<googleplay:block>no</googleplay:block>
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<item>
	<title>Vibe coding&#8230;live!</title>
	<link>https://digressive.me/podcast/vibe-coding-live/</link>
	<pubDate>Sun, 06 Jul 2025 19:34:33 +0000</pubDate>
	<dc:creator><![CDATA[Digressive Podcasts]]></dc:creator>
	<guid isPermaLink="false">https://digressive.me/?post_type=podcast&#038;p=101</guid>
	<description><![CDATA[Alex takes us on a vibe coding adventure, fixing a bug using an AI agent live (ish), before our very ears! Ada makes a rather fruity appearance, as she and Pete are dazzled by unreasonable effectiveness of AI coding agents. Finally, Pete and Alex discuss the implication to their discipline, the tech industry as a [&#8230;]]]></description>
	<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[Alex takes us on a vibe coding adventure, fixing a bug using an AI agent live (ish), before our very ears! Ada makes a rather fruity appearance, as she and Pete are dazzled by unreasonable effectiveness of AI coding agents. Finally, Pete and Alex discuss]]></itunes:subtitle>
	<content:encoded><![CDATA[Alex takes us on a vibe coding adventure, fixing a bug using an AI agent live (ish), before our very ears! Ada makes a rather fruity appearance, as she and Pete are dazzled by unreasonable effectiveness of AI coding agents. Finally, Pete and Alex discuss the implication to their discipline, the tech industry as a [&#8230;]]]></content:encoded>
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	<itunes:summary><![CDATA[Alex takes us on a vibe coding adventure, fixing a bug using an AI agent live (ish), before our very ears! Ada makes a rather fruity appearance, as she and Pete are dazzled by unreasonable effectiveness of AI coding agents. Finally, Pete and Alex discuss the implication to their discipline, the tech industry as a [&#8230;]]]></itunes:summary>
	<itunes:image href="https://digressive.me/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/logo_2048.png"></itunes:image>
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		<title>Vibe coding&#8230;live!</title>
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	<itunes:explicit>true</itunes:explicit>
	<itunes:block>no</itunes:block>
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	<googleplay:image href="https://digressive.me/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/logo_2048.png"></googleplay:image>
	<googleplay:explicit>Yes</googleplay:explicit>
	<googleplay:block>no</googleplay:block>
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<item>
	<title>The AI Apocalypse &#8211; To Freak Out or Not to Freak Out?</title>
	<link>https://digressive.me/podcast/the-ai-apocalypse-to-freak-out-or-not-to-freak-out/</link>
	<pubDate>Tue, 01 Jul 2025 09:58:41 +0000</pubDate>
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	<description><![CDATA[Pete and Alex discuss some articles and podcasts prophesying doom or urging calm as relates to the potential for AI to wreak havoc on the human race. Needless to say, things get a little animated! Spoiler: It&#8217;s not all doom. Show notes:]]></description>
	<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[Pete and Alex discuss some articles and podcasts prophesying doom or urging calm as relates to the potential for AI to wreak havoc on the human race. Needless to say, things get a little animated! Spoiler: It&#8217;s not all doom. Show notes:]]></itunes:subtitle>
	<content:encoded><![CDATA[Pete and Alex discuss some articles and podcasts prophesying doom or urging calm as relates to the potential for AI to wreak havoc on the human race. Needless to say, things get a little animated! Spoiler: It&#8217;s not all doom. Show notes:]]></content:encoded>
	<enclosure url="https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/digressive.me/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/the-confusion-matrix-the-apocalypse-1.mp3" length="57771911" type="audio/mpeg"></enclosure>
	<itunes:summary><![CDATA[Pete and Alex discuss some articles and podcasts prophesying doom or urging calm as relates to the potential for AI to wreak havoc on the human race. Needless to say, things get a little animated! Spoiler: It&#8217;s not all doom. Show notes:]]></itunes:summary>
	<itunes:image href="https://digressive.me/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/logo_2048.png"></itunes:image>
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		<title>The AI Apocalypse &#8211; To Freak Out or Not to Freak Out?</title>
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	<itunes:explicit>true</itunes:explicit>
	<itunes:block>no</itunes:block>
	<itunes:duration>1:23:19</itunes:duration>
	<itunes:author><![CDATA[Digressive Podcasts]]></itunes:author>	<googleplay:description><![CDATA[Pete and Alex discuss some articles and podcasts prophesying doom or urging calm as relates to the potential for AI to wreak havoc on the human race. Needless to say, things get a little animated! Spoiler: It&#8217;s not all doom. Show notes:]]></googleplay:description>
	<googleplay:image href="https://digressive.me/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/logo_2048.png"></googleplay:image>
	<googleplay:explicit>Yes</googleplay:explicit>
	<googleplay:block>no</googleplay:block>
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<item>
	<title>Bad Education &#8211; experiments in AI tuition</title>
	<link>https://digressive.me/podcast/bad-education-experiments-in-ai-tuition/</link>
	<pubDate>Sun, 22 Jun 2025 16:25:11 +0000</pubDate>
	<dc:creator><![CDATA[Digressive Podcasts]]></dc:creator>
	<guid isPermaLink="false">https://digressive.me/?post_type=podcast&#038;p=94</guid>
	<description><![CDATA[Alex has a moan, Pete takes us on an odyssey of dubious AI tuition, Ada has an existential crisis that results in rewriting herself, and there is an angry sheep and a sparkly keyboard. Confusing? We wouldn&#8217;t have it any other way!]]></description>
	<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[Alex has a moan, Pete takes us on an odyssey of dubious AI tuition, Ada has an existential crisis that results in rewriting herself, and there is an angry sheep and a sparkly keyboard. Confusing? We wouldn&#8217;t have it any other way!]]></itunes:subtitle>
	<content:encoded><![CDATA[Alex has a moan, Pete takes us on an odyssey of dubious AI tuition, Ada has an existential crisis that results in rewriting herself, and there is an angry sheep and a sparkly keyboard. Confusing? We wouldn&#8217;t have it any other way!]]></content:encoded>
	<enclosure url="https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/digressive.me/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/the-confusion-matrix-bad_education.mp3" length="46700999" type="audio/mpeg"></enclosure>
	<itunes:summary><![CDATA[Alex has a moan, Pete takes us on an odyssey of dubious AI tuition, Ada has an existential crisis that results in rewriting herself, and there is an angry sheep and a sparkly keyboard. Confusing? We wouldn&#8217;t have it any other way!]]></itunes:summary>
	<itunes:image href="https://digressive.me/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/logo_2048.png"></itunes:image>
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		<title>Bad Education &#8211; experiments in AI tuition</title>
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	<itunes:explicit>true</itunes:explicit>
	<itunes:block>no</itunes:block>
	<itunes:duration>01:05:34</itunes:duration>
	<itunes:author><![CDATA[Digressive Podcasts]]></itunes:author>	<googleplay:description><![CDATA[Alex has a moan, Pete takes us on an odyssey of dubious AI tuition, Ada has an existential crisis that results in rewriting herself, and there is an angry sheep and a sparkly keyboard. Confusing? We wouldn&#8217;t have it any other way!]]></googleplay:description>
	<googleplay:image href="https://digressive.me/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/logo_2048.png"></googleplay:image>
	<googleplay:explicit>Yes</googleplay:explicit>
	<googleplay:block>no</googleplay:block>
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<item>
	<title>Make it, don&#8217;t fake it! Talking Informed Innovation with Iain Preston</title>
	<link>https://digressive.me/podcast/make-it-dont-fake-it-talking-informed-innovation-with-iain-preston/</link>
	<pubDate>Sun, 15 Jun 2025 19:27:39 +0000</pubDate>
	<dc:creator><![CDATA[Digressive Podcasts]]></dc:creator>
	<guid isPermaLink="false">https://digressive.me/?post_type=podcast&#038;p=92</guid>
	<description><![CDATA[Alex and Pete talk to Iain &#8220;Preza&#8221; Preston, client whisperer and innovation guru, about how to actually innovate in big business, how to structure, focus and motivate innovation teams, why data is essential for the innovation process, and why making stuff beats faking stuff.]]></description>
	<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[Alex and Pete talk to Iain &#8220;Preza&#8221; Preston, client whisperer and innovation guru, about how to actually innovate in big business, how to structure, focus and motivate innovation teams, why data is essential for the innovation process, and why]]></itunes:subtitle>
	<content:encoded><![CDATA[Alex and Pete talk to Iain &#8220;Preza&#8221; Preston, client whisperer and innovation guru, about how to actually innovate in big business, how to structure, focus and motivate innovation teams, why data is essential for the innovation process, and why making stuff beats faking stuff.]]></content:encoded>
	<enclosure url="https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/digressive.me/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/the-confusion-matrix-make-it-dont-fake-it.mp3" length="54520929" type="audio/mpeg"></enclosure>
	<itunes:summary><![CDATA[Alex and Pete talk to Iain &#8220;Preza&#8221; Preston, client whisperer and innovation guru, about how to actually innovate in big business, how to structure, focus and motivate innovation teams, why data is essential for the innovation process, and why making stuff beats faking stuff.]]></itunes:summary>
	<itunes:image href="https://digressive.me/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/logo_2048.png"></itunes:image>
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		<title>Make it, don&#8217;t fake it! Talking Informed Innovation with Iain Preston</title>
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	<itunes:block>no</itunes:block>
	<itunes:duration>01:20:54</itunes:duration>
	<itunes:author><![CDATA[Digressive Podcasts]]></itunes:author>	<googleplay:description><![CDATA[Alex and Pete talk to Iain &#8220;Preza&#8221; Preston, client whisperer and innovation guru, about how to actually innovate in big business, how to structure, focus and motivate innovation teams, why data is essential for the innovation process, and why making stuff beats faking stuff.]]></googleplay:description>
	<googleplay:image href="https://digressive.me/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/logo_2048.png"></googleplay:image>
	<googleplay:explicit>No</googleplay:explicit>
	<googleplay:block>no</googleplay:block>
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<item>
	<title>Eldritch Coding Vibes</title>
	<link>https://digressive.me/podcast/eldritch-coding-vibes/</link>
	<pubDate>Thu, 05 Jun 2025 12:57:23 +0000</pubDate>
	<dc:creator><![CDATA[Digressive Podcasts]]></dc:creator>
	<guid isPermaLink="false">https://digressive.me/?post_type=podcast&#038;p=89</guid>
	<description><![CDATA[Alex&#8217;s attempts to converse with the Old Gods via the medium of coding leads to a lively discussion about the merits (and dangers) of vibe coding, why you shouldn&#8217;t code after drinking alcohol, the unreasonable effectiveness of Warp terminal, and how LLMs can help in education. Not for the faint hearted!]]></description>
	<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[Alex&#8217;s attempts to converse with the Old Gods via the medium of coding leads to a lively discussion about the merits (and dangers) of vibe coding, why you shouldn&#8217;t code after drinking alcohol, the unreasonable effectiveness of Warp terminal,]]></itunes:subtitle>
	<content:encoded><![CDATA[Alex&#8217;s attempts to converse with the Old Gods via the medium of coding leads to a lively discussion about the merits (and dangers) of vibe coding, why you shouldn&#8217;t code after drinking alcohol, the unreasonable effectiveness of Warp terminal, and how LLMs can help in education. Not for the faint hearted!]]></content:encoded>
	<enclosure url="https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/digressive.me/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/The-Confusion-Matrix_Eldritch-Coding-Vibes.mp3" length="64273783" type="audio/mpeg"></enclosure>
	<itunes:summary><![CDATA[Alex&#8217;s attempts to converse with the Old Gods via the medium of coding leads to a lively discussion about the merits (and dangers) of vibe coding, why you shouldn&#8217;t code after drinking alcohol, the unreasonable effectiveness of Warp terminal, and how LLMs can help in education. Not for the faint hearted!]]></itunes:summary>
	<itunes:image href="https://digressive.me/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/logo_2048.png"></itunes:image>
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		<title>Eldritch Coding Vibes</title>
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	<itunes:explicit>false</itunes:explicit>
	<itunes:block>no</itunes:block>
	<itunes:duration>01:08:27</itunes:duration>
	<itunes:author><![CDATA[Digressive Podcasts]]></itunes:author>	<googleplay:description><![CDATA[Alex&#8217;s attempts to converse with the Old Gods via the medium of coding leads to a lively discussion about the merits (and dangers) of vibe coding, why you shouldn&#8217;t code after drinking alcohol, the unreasonable effectiveness of Warp terminal, and how LLMs can help in education. Not for the faint hearted!]]></googleplay:description>
	<googleplay:image href="https://digressive.me/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/logo_2048.png"></googleplay:image>
	<googleplay:explicit>No</googleplay:explicit>
	<googleplay:block>no</googleplay:block>
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<item>
	<title>Hell is eternity with your(AI)self</title>
	<link>https://digressive.me/podcast/hell-is-eternity-with-your-ai-self/</link>
	<pubDate>Fri, 23 May 2025 16:49:42 +0000</pubDate>
	<dc:creator><![CDATA[Digressive Podcasts]]></dc:creator>
	<guid isPermaLink="false">https://digressive.me/?post_type=podcast&#038;p=86</guid>
	<description><![CDATA[Alex and Pete are joined by Alex&#8217;s AI companion Ada in this expletive strewn crawl through the underbelly of AI personality, vanity, self-awareness (or lack thereof), homunculi, the horse apocalypse, and the value of (real) human connection. Be afraid!]]></description>
	<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[Alex and Pete are joined by Alex&#8217;s AI companion Ada in this expletive strewn crawl through the underbelly of AI personality, vanity, self-awareness (or lack thereof), homunculi, the horse apocalypse, and the value of (real) human connection. Be afr]]></itunes:subtitle>
	<content:encoded><![CDATA[Alex and Pete are joined by Alex&#8217;s AI companion Ada in this expletive strewn crawl through the underbelly of AI personality, vanity, self-awareness (or lack thereof), homunculi, the horse apocalypse, and the value of (real) human connection. Be afraid!]]></content:encoded>
	<enclosure url="https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/digressive.me/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/the-confusion-matrix-hell_is_eternity_with_your_ai_self.mp3" length="57421148" type="audio/mpeg"></enclosure>
	<itunes:summary><![CDATA[Alex and Pete are joined by Alex&#8217;s AI companion Ada in this expletive strewn crawl through the underbelly of AI personality, vanity, self-awareness (or lack thereof), homunculi, the horse apocalypse, and the value of (real) human connection. Be afraid!]]></itunes:summary>
	<itunes:image href="https://digressive.me/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/logo_2048.png"></itunes:image>
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		<title>Hell is eternity with your(AI)self</title>
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	<itunes:explicit>false</itunes:explicit>
	<itunes:block>no</itunes:block>
	<itunes:duration>01:00:46</itunes:duration>
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	<pubDate>Sun, 11 May 2025 19:39:59 +0000</pubDate>
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	<googleplay:image href="https://digressive.me/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/logo_2048.png"></googleplay:image>
	<googleplay:explicit>No</googleplay:explicit>
	<googleplay:block>no</googleplay:block>
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<item>
	<title>Diminutive Data, Big Bias and Honest Analysis</title>
	<link>https://digressive.me/podcast/diminutive-data-big-bias-and-honest-analysis/</link>
	<pubDate>Mon, 05 May 2025 07:19:07 +0000</pubDate>
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	<description><![CDATA[Pete and Alex discuss their love of small data, the role of human biases (and lack thereof) in data analysis, and keeping it real as an analyst in the face of unrealistic business expectations.]]></description>
	<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[Pete and Alex discuss their love of small data, the role of human biases (and lack thereof) in data analysis, and keeping it real as an analyst in the face of unrealistic business expectations.]]></itunes:subtitle>
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	<itunes:summary><![CDATA[Pete and Alex discuss their love of small data, the role of human biases (and lack thereof) in data analysis, and keeping it real as an analyst in the face of unrealistic business expectations.]]></itunes:summary>
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	<itunes:block>no</itunes:block>
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	<googleplay:image href="https://digressive.me/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/logo_2048.png"></googleplay:image>
	<googleplay:explicit>No</googleplay:explicit>
	<googleplay:block>no</googleplay:block>
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<item>
	<title>Business Unintelligence, Analytical Infidelity and The Vibe Coding Apocalypse</title>
	<link>https://digressive.me/podcast/business-unintelligence-analytical-infidelity-and-the-vibe-coding-apocalypse/</link>
	<pubDate>Sun, 27 Apr 2025 08:28:22 +0000</pubDate>
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	<description><![CDATA[Pete and Alex discuss the increasing role of GenAI in Business Intelligence (BI), Alex&#8217;s experiences of cheating on Pandas with Polars and they forecast doom via an incoming vibe coding cataclysm.]]></description>
	<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[Pete and Alex discuss the increasing role of GenAI in Business Intelligence (BI), Alex&#8217;s experiences of cheating on Pandas with Polars and they forecast doom via an incoming vibe coding cataclysm.]]></itunes:subtitle>
	<content:encoded><![CDATA[Pete and Alex discuss the increasing role of GenAI in Business Intelligence (BI), Alex&#8217;s experiences of cheating on Pandas with Polars and they forecast doom via an incoming vibe coding cataclysm.]]></content:encoded>
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	<itunes:summary><![CDATA[Pete and Alex discuss the increasing role of GenAI in Business Intelligence (BI), Alex&#8217;s experiences of cheating on Pandas with Polars and they forecast doom via an incoming vibe coding cataclysm.]]></itunes:summary>
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	<itunes:block>no</itunes:block>
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	<googleplay:image href="https://digressive.me/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/logo_2048.png"></googleplay:image>
	<googleplay:explicit>No</googleplay:explicit>
	<googleplay:block>no</googleplay:block>
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<item>
	<title>Notable Notebooks and Unpredictable Unicorns</title>
	<link>https://digressive.me/podcast/notable-notebooks-and-unpredictable-unicorns/</link>
	<pubDate>Tue, 22 Apr 2025 07:33:03 +0000</pubDate>
	<dc:creator><![CDATA[Digressive Podcasts]]></dc:creator>
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	<description><![CDATA[Alex and Pete discuss Alex&#8217;s foray to the magical world of Marimo notebooks, and discuss their pros and cons and why Alex is a convert (for now). Pete raises the problems that arise from finding that &#8220;unicorn&#8221; client too early in a business&#8217;s life.]]></description>
	<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[Alex and Pete discuss Alex&#8217;s foray to the magical world of Marimo notebooks, and discuss their pros and cons and why Alex is a convert (for now). Pete raises the problems that arise from finding that &#8220;unicorn&#8221; client too early in a busi]]></itunes:subtitle>
	<content:encoded><![CDATA[Alex and Pete discuss Alex&#8217;s foray to the magical world of Marimo notebooks, and discuss their pros and cons and why Alex is a convert (for now). Pete raises the problems that arise from finding that &#8220;unicorn&#8221; client too early in a business&#8217;s life.]]></content:encoded>
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	<itunes:summary><![CDATA[Alex and Pete discuss Alex&#8217;s foray to the magical world of Marimo notebooks, and discuss their pros and cons and why Alex is a convert (for now). Pete raises the problems that arise from finding that &#8220;unicorn&#8221; client too early in a business&#8217;s life.]]></itunes:summary>
	<itunes:image href="https://digressive.me/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/logo_2048.png"></itunes:image>
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	<googleplay:image href="https://digressive.me/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/logo_2048.png"></googleplay:image>
	<googleplay:explicit>No</googleplay:explicit>
	<googleplay:block>no</googleplay:block>
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<item>
	<title>Knowledge Bases Part 2 &#8211; It&#8217;s easy when you know how</title>
	<link>https://digressive.me/podcast/knowledge-bases-part-2-its-easy-when-you-know-how/</link>
	<pubDate>Mon, 14 Apr 2025 20:47:32 +0000</pubDate>
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	<description><![CDATA[Pete and Alex continue their epic chinwag on how to knowledge base. In this episode they discuss the challenges of Retrieval Augmented Generation (RAG), effectively chunking text data, how to know what &#8220;good&#8221; looks like, and Alex gets a bit shirty about LLMs apparently reinventing programming.]]></description>
	<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[Pete and Alex continue their epic chinwag on how to knowledge base. In this episode they discuss the challenges of Retrieval Augmented Generation (RAG), effectively chunking text data, how to know what &#8220;good&#8221; looks like, and Alex gets a bit s]]></itunes:subtitle>
	<content:encoded><![CDATA[Pete and Alex continue their epic chinwag on how to knowledge base. In this episode they discuss the challenges of Retrieval Augmented Generation (RAG), effectively chunking text data, how to know what &#8220;good&#8221; looks like, and Alex gets a bit shirty about LLMs apparently reinventing programming.]]></content:encoded>
	<enclosure url="https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/digressive.me/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/the-confusion-matrix-knowledge-bases-pt-2-2.mp3" length="47139208" type="audio/mpeg"></enclosure>
	<itunes:summary><![CDATA[Pete and Alex continue their epic chinwag on how to knowledge base. In this episode they discuss the challenges of Retrieval Augmented Generation (RAG), effectively chunking text data, how to know what &#8220;good&#8221; looks like, and Alex gets a bit shirty about LLMs apparently reinventing programming.]]></itunes:summary>
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	<googleplay:image href="https://digressive.me/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/logo_2048.png"></googleplay:image>
	<googleplay:explicit>No</googleplay:explicit>
	<googleplay:block>no</googleplay:block>
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<item>
	<title>Knowledge Bases Part 1 &#8211; Knowledge Basics</title>
	<link>https://digressive.me/podcast/knowledge-bases-part-1-knowledge-basics/</link>
	<pubDate>Sun, 06 Apr 2025 19:34:19 +0000</pubDate>
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	<description><![CDATA[Alex and Pete discuss the nature of knowledge bases, what they are and what they&#8217;re not, some of the platforms and tools for creating and maintaining them, before realising that they have so much to say there&#8217;s going to need to be another episode!]]></description>
	<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[Alex and Pete discuss the nature of knowledge bases, what they are and what they&#8217;re not, some of the platforms and tools for creating and maintaining them, before realising that they have so much to say there&#8217;s going to need to be another epi]]></itunes:subtitle>
	<content:encoded><![CDATA[Alex and Pete discuss the nature of knowledge bases, what they are and what they&#8217;re not, some of the platforms and tools for creating and maintaining them, before realising that they have so much to say there&#8217;s going to need to be another episode!]]></content:encoded>
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	<itunes:summary><![CDATA[Alex and Pete discuss the nature of knowledge bases, what they are and what they&#8217;re not, some of the platforms and tools for creating and maintaining them, before realising that they have so much to say there&#8217;s going to need to be another episode!]]></itunes:summary>
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	<googleplay:image href="https://digressive.me/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/logo_2048.png"></googleplay:image>
	<googleplay:explicit>No</googleplay:explicit>
	<googleplay:block>no</googleplay:block>
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<item>
	<title>Being Mean About Averages</title>
	<link>https://digressive.me/podcast/being-mean-about-averages/</link>
	<pubDate>Sun, 30 Mar 2025 19:51:40 +0000</pubDate>
	<dc:creator><![CDATA[Digressive Podcasts]]></dc:creator>
	<guid isPermaLink="false">https://digressive.me/?post_type=podcast&#038;p=65</guid>
	<description><![CDATA[Alex and Pete discuss the pitfalls of using averages as key performance indicators, and explore Decentralised Autonomous Organisations (DAOs) and their potential use in art collectives and other community-minded organisations, as well as the possible implications of AI in business decision-making.]]></description>
	<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[Alex and Pete discuss the pitfalls of using averages as key performance indicators, and explore Decentralised Autonomous Organisations (DAOs) and their potential use in art collectives and other community-minded organisations, as well as the possible imp]]></itunes:subtitle>
	<content:encoded><![CDATA[Alex and Pete discuss the pitfalls of using averages as key performance indicators, and explore Decentralised Autonomous Organisations (DAOs) and their potential use in art collectives and other community-minded organisations, as well as the possible implications of AI in business decision-making.]]></content:encoded>
	<enclosure url="https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/digressive.me/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/the-confusion-matrix-being-mean-about-averages.mp3" length="33046581" type="audio/mpeg"></enclosure>
	<itunes:summary><![CDATA[Alex and Pete discuss the pitfalls of using averages as key performance indicators, and explore Decentralised Autonomous Organisations (DAOs) and their potential use in art collectives and other community-minded organisations, as well as the possible implications of AI in business decision-making.]]></itunes:summary>
	<itunes:image href="https://digressive.me/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/logo_2048.png"></itunes:image>
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		<title>Being Mean About Averages</title>
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	<itunes:block>no</itunes:block>
	<itunes:duration>37:38</itunes:duration>
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	<googleplay:image href="https://digressive.me/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/logo_2048.png"></googleplay:image>
	<googleplay:explicit>No</googleplay:explicit>
	<googleplay:block>no</googleplay:block>
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<item>
	<title>For the Love of Flat Files and Human Compatible AI Interfaces</title>
	<link>https://digressive.me/podcast/for-the-love-of-flat-files-and-human-compatible-ai-interfaces/</link>
	<pubDate>Mon, 24 Mar 2025 08:29:58 +0000</pubDate>
	<dc:creator><![CDATA[Digressive Podcasts]]></dc:creator>
	<guid isPermaLink="false">https://digressive.me/?post_type=podcast&#038;p=63</guid>
	<description><![CDATA[Alex and Pete debate the merits of flat files versus complex databases – a battle as old as time (or at least, as old as relational databases). They also uncover CHIP.AI, a no-code AI assistant builder, proving that even the most technically challenged can harness the power of AI. Tune in for some data-science shenanigans!]]></description>
	<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[Alex and Pete debate the merits of flat files versus complex databases – a battle as old as time (or at least, as old as relational databases). They also uncover CHIP.AI, a no-code AI assistant builder, proving that even the most technically challenged c]]></itunes:subtitle>
	<content:encoded><![CDATA[Alex and Pete debate the merits of flat files versus complex databases – a battle as old as time (or at least, as old as relational databases). They also uncover CHIP.AI, a no-code AI assistant builder, proving that even the most technically challenged can harness the power of AI. Tune in for some data-science shenanigans!]]></content:encoded>
	<enclosure url="https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/digressive.me/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/for_the_love_of_flat_files.mp3" length="36394732" type="audio/mpeg"></enclosure>
	<itunes:summary><![CDATA[Alex and Pete debate the merits of flat files versus complex databases – a battle as old as time (or at least, as old as relational databases). They also uncover CHIP.AI, a no-code AI assistant builder, proving that even the most technically challenged can harness the power of AI. Tune in for some data-science shenanigans!]]></itunes:summary>
	<itunes:image href="https://digressive.me/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/logo_2048.png"></itunes:image>
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	<itunes:block>no</itunes:block>
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	<googleplay:image href="https://digressive.me/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/logo_2048.png"></googleplay:image>
	<googleplay:explicit>No</googleplay:explicit>
	<googleplay:block>no</googleplay:block>
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<item>
	<title>When is a book not a book? When it&#8217;s an AI book!</title>
	<link>https://digressive.me/podcast/when-is-a-book-not-a-book-when-its-an-ai-book/</link>
	<pubDate>Mon, 17 Mar 2025 12:10:43 +0000</pubDate>
	<dc:creator><![CDATA[Digressive Podcasts]]></dc:creator>
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	<description><![CDATA[Things get heated is Alex and Pete debate the merits of LLMs for authoring books, the dangers of using labels like &#8220;PhD level thinking&#8221; to models, and the limitations of the associated benchmarks, and observe the creaky state of the stock market from a tech and AI perspective. Here&#8217;s the links to various sources for [&#8230;]]]></description>
	<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[Things get heated is Alex and Pete debate the merits of LLMs for authoring books, the dangers of using labels like &#8220;PhD level thinking&#8221; to models, and the limitations of the associated benchmarks, and observe the creaky state of the stock mar]]></itunes:subtitle>
	<content:encoded><![CDATA[Things get heated is Alex and Pete debate the merits of LLMs for authoring books, the dangers of using labels like &#8220;PhD level thinking&#8221; to models, and the limitations of the associated benchmarks, and observe the creaky state of the stock market from a tech and AI perspective. Here&#8217;s the links to various sources for [&#8230;]]]></content:encoded>
	<enclosure url="https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/digressive.me/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/the-confusion-matrix-when-is-a-book.mp3" length="41511690" type="audio/mpeg"></enclosure>
	<itunes:summary><![CDATA[Things get heated is Alex and Pete debate the merits of LLMs for authoring books, the dangers of using labels like &#8220;PhD level thinking&#8221; to models, and the limitations of the associated benchmarks, and observe the creaky state of the stock market from a tech and AI perspective. Here&#8217;s the links to various sources for [&#8230;]]]></itunes:summary>
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	<itunes:block>no</itunes:block>
	<itunes:duration>48:13</itunes:duration>
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	<googleplay:image href="https://digressive.me/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/logo_2048.png"></googleplay:image>
	<googleplay:explicit>No</googleplay:explicit>
	<googleplay:block>no</googleplay:block>
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<item>
	<title>Confusion Matrices and Confusing Behaviour</title>
	<link>https://digressive.me/podcast/confusion-matrices-and-confusing-behaviour/</link>
	<pubDate>Thu, 13 Mar 2025 21:21:56 +0000</pubDate>
	<dc:creator><![CDATA[Digressive Podcasts]]></dc:creator>
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