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.
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?
The Monday Morning question
How to uncover the real problem in your business? Use the Monday Morning question!
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?
Is this what you call punishment?
The DoJ fought yesterday's battle. Google walked away smiling. Its punishment? Barely a slap on the wrist.
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.
The myth of AI strategy
Everyone is chasing an AI strategy. Just don't ask them what that means.
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.
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.
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.”