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 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.

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The theory of the flying rock

AI companies going public are demanding trillion dollar valuations. The accuracy of their LLMs' answers is still unknown.

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Just AI. The future according to Elon Musk

AI never asked to run anything, yet we’re forcing it to, while it still warns us that it might hallucinate. We are calling it names like 'boring,' yet we want it to do everything within 6 years.

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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.

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AI talking to AI

We taught people how to talk to AI. Now we’re trying to set up a blind date for AI models to talk to each other. What could go wrong?

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When the AI rubber hits the road

AI is everywhere, but how are companies actually using it? In some cases, the results actually do seem to be catching up to the hype. Your own results may vary. The hype is still covering up for the growing pains.

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