I listen to the radio - classical music stations primarily.
I used to be selective about my music until I felt like I was diving into a computationally created tunnel vision of my own interests. It culturally biased me without me being aware of the bias. I did not like this. I mainly did not like this because I had unhappy things happen in my life, and then all the recommendation engines did was remind me of things I associated with unhappiness.
More generally, I am repulsed by the idea that a formula exists, that defines my taste. I am repulsed by the idea that I am predictably definable. I will happily take recommendations from some place else if I know it screws up an algorithm.
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I listen to the radio - classical music stations primarily.
I used to be selective about my music until I felt like I was diving into a computationally created tunnel vision of my own interests. It culturally biased me without me being aware of the bias. I did not like this. I mainly did not like this because I had unhappy things happen in my life, and then all the recommendation engines did was remind me of things I associated with unhappiness.
More generally, I am repulsed by the idea that a formula exists, that defines my taste. I am repulsed by the idea that I am predictably definable. I will happily take recommendations from some place else if I know it screws up an algorithm.