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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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.
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.
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.
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.