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active: 2024-01-08 → 2026-07-13

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AI TCH

VA Vaclav Vincalek · Recurrent Patterns

AI for clowns

Before we get to the main topic, let me ask you — Who is the clown here?

Apr 13, 2026 · 4 min read · 104 claps paywalled #vibe-coding #ai #cobol

AI ECO

VA Vaclav Vincalek · Recurrent Patterns

When money talks, AI should listen

Billions of dollars floating into AI are elevating the noise to a level which drowns any signal.

Jun 01, 2026 · 2 min read · 86 claps paywalled #ai #money #trading

AI LIF ECO

VA Vaclav Vincalek · Recurrent Patterns

The theory of the flying rock

People love to give technology or technology solution names which makes it sound better than anything else. Do you remember the terms like…

Jun 15, 2026 · 4 min read · 50 claps paywalled #llm #anthropic-claude #openai

VA Vaclav Vincalek · Recurrent Patterns

Why does it always have to be a button?

There will be a new button on a PC keyboard — that’s the latest news from Microsoft. Meanwhile others are trying to innovate.

Jan 08, 2024 · 2 min read · 31 claps paywalled #microsoft #google #search

ECO

VA Vaclav Vincalek · Recurrent Patterns

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 wasted?

May 20, 2024 · 2 min read · 28 claps paywalled #self-driving-cars #wayve #tesla

AI ECO

VA Vaclav Vincalek · Recurrent Patterns

Trust. The hard currency of AI

Recently, I came across this article “Pramaana Labs raises $27M seed round from Khosla Ventures to bring formal verification to AI”.

Jul 13, 2026 · 3 min read · 21 claps paywalled #ai #llm #trust

VA Vaclav Vincalek · Recurrent Patterns

Why do we think that software is different?

Do you remember the scene from Terminator 3 when Skynet was activated? The reason why it was activated was because it appeared that many…

Mar 16, 2026 · 3 min read · 7 claps paywalled #ai #skynet #anthropics

Why do we think that software is different?

AI SCI ECO HUM MKT MDA

VA Vaclav Vincalek · Recurrent Patterns

The final word about search

In a galaxy far, far away, there was a company which came out with a novel way to index the Internet. The founders were young and full of…

May 25, 2026 · 4 min read · 4 claps paywalled #seo #google #internet-search

VA Vaclav Vincalek · Recurrent Patterns

Robots on the move

Now that we are almost there with having real AI at our disposal — or so we are told — and judging by the fact that both OpenAI and…

Jun 08, 2026 · 3 min read · 3 claps paywalled #robots #dirty-dishes #laundry

AI SCI HUM

VA Vaclav Vincalek · Recurrent Patterns

What to watch out for with AI

Before SpaceX goes public with a trillion dollar valuation we had to settle for OpenAI’s latest funding round of $122 billion which values…

Apr 06, 2026 · 4 min read · 2 claps paywalled #ai #federated-learning #neuromorphic-computing

AI ECO MKT MDA

VA Vaclav Vincalek · Recurrent Patterns

The AI re-alignment is here

These latest news articles reminded me why this newsletter is called ‘Recurrent Patterns’, which on occasion can be called ‘Here we go…

Jun 29, 2026 · 3 min read · 2 claps paywalled #openai #anthropics #ipo

VA Vaclav Vincalek · Recurrent Patterns

Hiswai. Your Personal Web

The internet needs a reset. It’s time to bring back the idea of Personal Computing.

May 11, 2025 · 5 min read · 0 claps paywalled #hiswai #personal-web #strategy

VA Vaclav Vincalek · Recurrent Patterns

AI, the other direction

In order for AI to replace people, all the AI companies need more people to train their models. How ironic.

Nov 03, 2025 · 4 min read · 0 claps paywalled #ai #openai #chatgpt

ECO MDA

VA Vaclav Vincalek · Recurrent Patterns

The End of the Metaverse

Money without imagination or original thought will take you only so far. One example is the $88 billion spent on the Metaverse by Facebook…

Apr 20, 2026 · 4 min read · 0 claps paywalled #metaverse #meta #facebook

MDA AI

VA Vaclav Vincalek · Recurrent Patterns

Which AI is better: Open or Closed?

As it happened, I ended up at the Vancouver WebSummit 2026 as a member of the press core, thanks to my Recurrent Patterns and position as a…

May 18, 2026 · 4 min read · 0 claps paywalled #open-vs-closed-ai #openai #anthropics

SPT AI

VA Vaclav Vincalek · Recurrent Patterns

Search engines becoming summary engines

We should stop calling the Internet search engines, ‘search engines’ and rename them ‘approximation’ or ‘close enough’ or ‘not sure’…

May 18, 2025 · 4 min read · 0 claps paywalled #openai #microsoft #google

ECO AI

VA Vaclav Vincalek · Recurrent Patterns

Microsoft AI for everyone

Another quote, which will become legendary — Microsoft’s Satya Nadella says “every company should build its own AI model” and later in the…

Jul 06, 2026 · 4 min read · 0 claps paywalled #microsoft #microsoft-copilot #openai

AI ECO

VA Vaclav Vincalek · Recurrent Patterns

When AI strategy becomes a loyalty test

People are the biggest asset — is the proclamation from CEOs to emphasize and acknowledge that without people, no company would ever exist.

Jun 22, 2026 · 3 min read · 0 claps paywalled #ai #hr #layoffs

TCH SOC

VA Vaclav Vincalek · Recurrent Patterns

AWS all over again, just bigger

Amazon is on the rinse and repeat cycle. It was announced with this headline — Amazon opens up its logistics network to other businesses in…

May 11, 2026 · 3 min read · 0 claps paywalled #aws #amazon #fedex

SOC ECO LIF

VA Vaclav Vincalek · Recurrent Patterns

Where to find the innovation?

Companies are always looking to innovate, but where can they find inspiration and money? The US military is here to help. The fact that …

Feb 05, 2024 · 3 min read · 0 claps paywalled #innovation #darpa #union-square-ventures

AI ECO LIF

VA Vaclav Vincalek · Recurrent Patterns

The AI reality check

As the proverb goes — the writing is on the wall for OpenAI.

May 04, 2026 · 2 min read · 0 claps paywalled #ai #business-strategy #openai

HUM AI SCI

VA Vaclav Vincalek · Recurrent Patterns

Teaching an old monkey new tricks

When AI news flooded all the media channels, there was huge optimism that we were on the verge of greatness. Now for the dissapointment

Nov 18, 2024 · 2 min read · 0 claps paywalled #openai #chatgpt #frontiermath

SCI

VA Vaclav Vincalek · Recurrent Patterns

Quantum connections, made real

Cisco announced its new Universal Quantum Switch this week. It’s big news which seems to have gotten missed by the mainstream media. True…

Apr 27, 2026 · 2 min read · 0 claps paywalled #cisco #quantum-computing #computer-networking