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At the moment song metadata is limited and not particularly accurate, but as it improves, algorithms will be able to create extremely relevant playlists based on an individual&#8217;s sex, age, location, existing music library, historic listening habits, activity, &#8230; even heart rate and weather. No human, even the listener themselves, will be able to create better playlists which continually evolve based on context and environment. 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class=\"comment odd alt thread-odd thread-alt depth-1 comment clearfix li-comment highlander-comment\" id=\"comment-1528650\" data-comment-id=\"1528650\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"div-comment\" id=\"div-comment-1528650\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"comment-meta clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"comment-author-avatar\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"avatar-placeholder\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/ddc96ced5687548055edc08740fc3331?d=retro&amp;s=55&amp;r=pg\"><\/a>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"comment-info\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<cite class=\"comment-author\">Richard P<\/cite>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/gigaom.com\/2015\/02\/25\/robots-vs-pop-stars-who-is-better-at-curating-your-music\/#comment-1528650\" class=\"comment-permalink\">Wednesday, February 25, 2015<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"comment-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"comment-text\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>LAUNCHcast (subsequently acquired by 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Music) was using algorithms quite effectively in the 1990s. The Listener would be asked to rate songs according to his\/her personal preference. The algorithm would deliver &#8220;new&#8221; as-yet unheard music to the Listener, based on the ratings of other people whose ratings profile was similar to that of the Listener. As a long-time user of that service, I thought the algorithm did an excellent job of discovering new music for me. 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Doubt pop-stars are better curators though. i think music listeners would be better of with those that allready curate music: bloggers, recordstore clerks, etc.<br \/>\nI used to be an avid music buyer from the mid 90ies until &#8217;07 (and then I became a dad and no longer had the funds&#8230; or time&#8230;) but there were are couple of record store clercks that i trusted 100% with being able to hand me a stack of records across various genres that were all mostly my taste. Same goes for blogs. I frequented a handful of blogs that consistently put me on to new (and old) music that i loved. I guess for every genre there are a couple of those curators. 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class=\"comment odd alt thread-odd thread-alt depth-1 comment clearfix li-comment highlander-comment\" id=\"comment-1528559\" data-comment-id=\"1528559\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"div-comment\" id=\"div-comment-1528559\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"comment-meta clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"comment-author-avatar\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"avatar-placeholder\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/f2581440403f7d23aefafafe9336b37d?d=retro&amp;s=55&amp;r=pg\"><\/a>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"comment-info\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<cite class=\"comment-author\">Madlyb<\/cite>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/gigaom.com\/2015\/02\/25\/robots-vs-pop-stars-who-is-better-at-curating-your-music\/#comment-1528559\" class=\"comment-permalink\">Wednesday, February 25, 2015<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"comment-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"comment-text\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>So, it comes down to two entirely different things for me and my needs can change on a dime.  One minute I am really interested in discovering new stuff or not knowing what song follows (the radio effect) and the next minute I want to hear stuff that is familiar and in my comfort zone and many times I do not even know what I want until I hear it.  There is a third aspect, feeling of community by following and enjoying other&#8217;s musical tastes that isn&#8217;t really a factor for me.<\/p>\n<p>I think the latter is what drives human curated playlists, and would be very difficult for an algorithm to reproduce because it requires a listener to establish a relationship with the curator.  Of course, people follow virtual pop-stars, so it may be more possible than occurs to me.<\/p>\n<p>The problem is this is a very personal situation and no person or algorithm is going to completely figure that out.  Maybe when health sensors are much more accurate and can infer a person&#8217;s emotional state and understand what responses work best for that individual, then an algorithm might get it mostly right, but a human curator is only going to go on what fits their personal needs, so I don&#8217;t think personalization will work in those instances.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m betting it will be a blending of data analysis and human actors to front the plan&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>&#8230;which is how modern radio works.  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class=\"comment byuser comment-author-bochaberibrenda even thread-even depth-1 comment clearfix li-comment highlander-comment\" id=\"comment-1528542\" data-comment-id=\"1528542\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"div-comment\" id=\"div-comment-1528542\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"comment-meta clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"comment-author-avatar\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"avatar-placeholder\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/117b226715752c2b73a1d6d2d533f66a?d=retro&amp;s=55&amp;r=pg\"><\/a>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"comment-info\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<cite class=\"comment-author\">bochaberibrenda<\/cite>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/gigaom.com\/2015\/02\/25\/robots-vs-pop-stars-who-is-better-at-curating-your-music\/#comment-1528542\" class=\"comment-permalink\">Wednesday, February 25, 2015<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"comment-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"comment-text\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>popstars 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