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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What to watch out for with AI
AI hype is deafening but the real opportunity in AI isn’t building everything for everyone. It’s solving one thing extremely well.
Amazon et al. in search of innovation
More than a decade after the Fire Phone flop, Amazon thinks the market is ready for another attempt.
AI and its pricing conundrum
AI is the future. OpenAI still can’t figure out how to make money from it.
Why do we think that software is different?
AI-generated code creates new bugs. AI fixes them. Humans are left cleaning up the mess.
AI's final countdown for accountants
Accounting firms spent years promoting AI as a productivity breakthrough. Their clients heard something else: the same work should now cost less. In industries that charge by the hour, efficiency can quickly turn into lower revenue.
When absurdity is mistaken for market prediction
When a financial market research company post causes real stock drops, maybe the bigger problem isn't the document. It’s how jittery the market has become about the AI industry.
How to bring your dying website to life
Most company websites are still built for search engines, not for people. What if your website was built for both?
AI Moon. Is Mr. Musk's lunar project pure lunacy?
Mr. Musk wants to build AI satellites on the Moon in his self-sustained city. All while we are still waiting for the self-driving car.
AI Funny Money
OpenAI has money, talent, and attention. Why can't it find a business model that delivers profit?
Amazon and the lure of retail
Amazon built its empire online by disrupting physical retail. But when the company started launching physical stores, they realized why it was easy to disrupt retail in the first place.