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Louis Staples
Dec 24, 2020
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Ever wondered what an AI bot with “perfect” music taste thinks of the songs you listen to?
Well, because it’s 2020 and apparently nothing is off-limits, now you can find out.
A snarky AI bot created by online publication The Pudding is has been telling over-confident listeners everywhere that their music taste is very, very wrong.
The AI bot has been built to mercilessly judge your taste in music on Spotify. It apparently judges your Spotify data against “millions of indicators of objectively good music”, which include Pitchfork reviews and record store recommendations.
So how have people been reacting?
Well, the assessments hit quite close to home for some people…
Okay, this Spotify AI really has it out for me. (In the most upsettingly fair way imaginable.) https://t.co/XAcxlbF5F8— 𝙰𝚗𝚍𝚢 𝚂𝚊𝚕𝚒𝚜𝚋𝚞𝚛𝚢 (@𝙰𝚗𝚍𝚢 𝚂𝚊𝚕𝚒𝚜𝚋𝚞𝚛𝚢) 1608762924
Thanks to that Spotify AI I am glad to announce I am 7% basic— mikaila delgado (@mikaila delgado) 1608771438
i wish the spotify bully AI only looked at the last year, right now it's bullying 18 year old me which I do every day in my head already— rachel news (@rachel news) 1608777904
the Spotify thing doesn’t work for me because it can’t account for how often I listen to a custom version of “Danci… https://t.co/Uu1T73GmI1— demi adejuyigbe (@demi adejuyigbe) 1608774583
i’m gonna fight the spotify AI bot— Jadū Dala (@Jadū Dala) 1608763216
That AI spotify bot couldn't say shit because my taste is incredible— Sadler Vaden (@Sadler Vaden) 1608772140
i dont need that spotify shit to roast me. i am already full of self loathing and use the private session feature for a reason— ariela (@ariela) 1608778223
Ouch.
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