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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Humans 2 : AI 0

What does it mean to 'set AI free?' Users are finding ways to get ChatGPT to give answers that violate its use policy.

Here's how.

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AI, the broken brand promise of tech

Poolside AI is valued at $3 billion, yet it has no product — just a promise of building AI for software engineering. Here are the challenges which will make it hard for the Poolside team to execute this vision. And dangerous road ahead.

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Software with a Soul

A VC firm is writing about why Software with a Soul (SwaS) will be the next thing. It bases it on the fact that  ChatGPT can write a poem about a dog.

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There’s WALL-E. And then there’s VALL-E

Remember when Scarlett Johansson was upset OpenAI's bot sounded like her? Microsoft has found a way to mimic your speech with a 3-second recording of your voice. What can possibly go wrong.

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Google is a monopoly. Now what?

How do you break up a Google monopoly? Tell Google not to be a monopoly? Alphabet, broken into A-J, another K-Q and then R-Z? Or what else?

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Post-Quantum World started last week

The first three post-quantum encryption standards have been published. Here's what that means for the future of encryption and your nude pictures.

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222

This is an example of what happens when you start something and 222 weeks later, you realized what you have done.

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