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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AI, a curse or blessing for OpenAI?
Apple is slowly bleeding out OpenAI with its new deal. A lesson in strategy.
AI Agents, the future of the Internet
AI agents will personalize our web experience and replace search engines. Here's how.
Kodex - an AI Utopia
Using AI to solve our bad social habits? Here's an attempt at a democratic, bias-free content moderation utopia. It won't work.
The AI delusion of The New York Times
The New York Times thinks AI CEOs will be a thing. I think it is a delusion.
Microsoft’s Total Recall
Microsoft's 'Recall' will be taking screenshots of your PC all day long. Are you ready to offload your memory? Are you ready for Totall Recall?
Will XAI save self-driving cars?
Wayve, the London-based AI self-driving startup, has raised $1 billion again, defying doubts about self-driving tech. Or is it money well wasted?
How do you measure AI’s real impact?
The question is not how AI works. The question is how well it works for your customers. Do they know? Do you? That's what we're discussing in the latest Recurrent Patterns.
AI in search of (enterprise) customers
Some AI companies think venturing into the enterprise market is a gold mine. They are more likely to end up with a lump of coal.
Hard to compete with free
Open source software is supposed to help companies innovate and collaborate. I question whether the biggest tech companies in the world are using the open source framework to actually stifle competition from startups.
Oil and data. There will be blood
Are we running out of data the same way we are running out of oil? Media reports suggest we are exhausting our supply of data to train AI. It turns out those stories have a lot in common with past predictions that we would run out of oil.