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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AI's dead end: AI TV
I bought an AI TV. I thought I'd bought the future, but what I actually got was survey calls, account traps, and a broken unsubscribe link.
Perplexing Perplexity
In the AI race, Perplexity thinks buying Chrome is a shortcut. It is not. It is a publicity stunt - a bad one.
Lies, damned lies, and AI
Delta’s CEO touts AI as a “super analyst” to set personalized flight prices. However, when questioned by lawmakers about the practice, the company denies any such practice. But the billions of extra profit are so tempting.
Stars and Aliens
3I/ATLAS is just passing through.
It might be older than our entire solar system. Or it might also be alien. The astronomical fight is on.
Mission Impossible
The government wants AI systems that are unbiased and truthful.
The catch? Nobody knows how to build one. Humans can't agree on the spec.
The myth of AI strategy
Everyone is chasing an AI strategy. Just don't ask them what that means.
Browsing for your life
OpenAI doesn’t just want your searches. It wants your thoughts, your habits, and your trust. A browser makes that much easier. With it, OpenAI will suck the last out of you.
Blind leading the blind
Billions of dollars, terrabytes of data, years of training, and the best minds in AI...and it still couldn’t manage a vending machine.
The 3rd device
Sam Altman says OpenAI will ship 100 million units of its new product faster than anyone has ever shipped 100 million of anything. But just what are they shipping? Will the magic touch of Jony Ive deliver?
Dumb and Dumber with AI
Using ChatGPT to write? The content is boring and forgettable. It's also making you dumber. A new MIT study confirms that.