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.
LinkedIn's continuous slide into AI nothingness
When a company runs out of innovative ideas, it turns to AI. In LinkedIn's case, it is powered by HS — Human Stupidity.
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.
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.
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.
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?
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.
The business model of scraping
AI has made data scraping a hot-button issue. Is that really such a big deal?