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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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.

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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?

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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?

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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.

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Mr. Altman’s singularity delusion

The new superintelligent singularity is coming. It will be so cheap that it will be available to everyone. Except it won't be able to differentiate 5 from 50.

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Millions of lines of old code

Modernizing old code isn’t a tech problem. It’s an organizational one. While everyone's excited about AI writing new code, most companies can’t even understand the code they already have.

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AI works until it doesn't

Klarna used AI to cut 40% of its staff. Turns out, “cost efficiency” in the name of improving the stock price isn’t the same as “customer satisfaction.”

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