Recurrent Patterns
Recurrent Patterns is a venture exploring strategies and insights around leading-edge companies, technology and cultural trends. Vaclav engages with leaders, entrepreneurs, scientists, authors and others who can share their perspectives in long-form conversations.
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The stars above us
This week we take a break from AI to explore Apollo 11, SpaceX's Starship, why getting back to the Moon is still incredibly difficult, and the meteor shower and eclipses worth watching this August.
The antidote to hallucination
Every company should build their own AI model, say the tech leaders who have collectively sunk over a trillion dollars into their own models, with no profit to date.
Copyright wars
Every AI company wants credit for the output and none of the liability for how it got the input. That contradiction just got a $1.5 billion price tag.
The Wand of Wonders
The dream was a super-assistant that runs your whole life. Now, OpenAI has shipped a basketball.
Trust. The hard currency of AI
So many companies are relying on AI to give them data-driven advice. But who can verify it?
Microsoft AI for everyone
Mr. Nadella just told Mr. Altman it's not you, it's me. Despite investing in OpenAI, now he wants every company to train their own AI model (on Microsoft infrastructure, of course)
The AI re-alignment is here
OpenAI spent more on marketing last year than McDonald's, Toyota, and Coca-Cola. They still lost $21 billion. Business reality is about to set in.
When AI strategy becomes a loyalty test
A CEO fired 80% of his staff for not adopting AI fast enough. Two years later, his flagship product is a ChatGPT wrapper.
The theory of the flying rock
AI companies going public are demanding trillion dollar valuations. The accuracy of their LLMs' answers is still unknown.
Robots on the move
We are supposed to have artificial general intelligence soon. Meanwhile, the laundry remains unfolded.