• Pons_Aelius@kbin.social
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    algorithmic content

    That's my point. I am not knocking the feature, just the marketing push now to call an algorithm feed AI.

    I doubt there has been any actual change in the feed just the term.

    It is buzzword bullshit.

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      It is buzzword bullshit.

      And a fad, probably. Everyone's trying to capitalize on the wow effect of ChatGPT.

      Before AI it was neural network, and before that it was machine learning.

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      IDK I think it's pretty cool to have a voice that knows my name and tells me the theme of the next few tracks. I really wish I could give it some more feedback but as it is it's a small but nice addition sometimes that isn't possible without the recent AI advancements. I wouldn't pay more for it though.

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        Even that's a fairly new standard for calling something AI. Video Game enemy algorithms have always been called AI, for instance, regardless of their underlying technologies. That's part of why people tend to use ML (Machine Learning) as an alternative term: AI has meant a lot of things over the years and the term is so general that using it to refer to e.g. LLMs (Large Language Models) is just confusing

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          I think we just have to accept that marketing has to dumb down and generalize for the mass market.

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            Well yes, but my point is that "AI" is so broad a term and open to so many interpretations as to mean absolutely nothing about the tech in question.

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          … nothing, because people on the internet complain about everything. Every time. I mean, this service isn’t even out yet, so there hasn’t even been a chance to evaluate their music discovery algorithm.

          I understand and relate with the frustration regarding the whole “more streaming services, higher fees” thing that’s still continuing in the industry, though. I mean, $20 a month for just music?! There are competing services that offer lossless audio at a lower price. But yeah—streamflation sucks!