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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Alexa+, the new Amazon glue
Amazon is betting billions on the new Alexa+. It wants to manage your life. But first, it has to get to know you better. Do you want it to?
AI can’t work, by design
AI has fundamental design flaws. Accuracy and security remain unsolved, no matter how much data, GPU power, or billions we throw at it.
Gartner, you did it. Again. Sadly
Gartner's analysts have a reputation for delivering incredible business intelligence for the biggest companies around. I was exposed to their latest report. I found it wanting -- and haunting.
Is this SciFi enough?
A startup just launched an AI data center into orbit. A place with unlimited space and energy. But what is the real motive behind it?
When dreams become nightmares
Mr. Zuckerberg says AI glasses will bring back “presence.” This from the guy who built the apps that destroyed it.
AI Hallucination Mushrooms
Tech leaders admit that they don't know how to measure AI impact. Then why are they buying it? And why should we call them leaders?
AI's dead end: AI SEO
Can PhD-level AI deliver PhD-level SEO? The answer is in the question.
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.