Great discussion about music and musical “tastes”. With the advent of AI I think it’s valuable to know how it and Spotify can affect our choice in what to listen to.
In the segment about the aesthetics of Spotify, most of this just seems like a more powerful extension of commercial radio's worst aspects. Radio was the original recommendation algorithm and the first medium to use music to push listeners towards advertising.
Great discussion about music and musical “tastes”. With the advent of AI I think it’s valuable to know how it and Spotify can affect our choice in what to listen to.
In the segment about the aesthetics of Spotify, most of this just seems like a more powerful extension of commercial radio's worst aspects. Radio was the original recommendation algorithm and the first medium to use music to push listeners towards advertising.
If they can infer your emotional state, they can control it.
TL;DR the medium is the message
Thanks, guy, but McLuhan already covered this 70 years ago.