“In the December issue of The Baffler, journalist Liz Pelly wrote a fascinating, widely discussed dissection of how the algorithms employed by major streaming services — particularly Spotify — are changing music.”
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“The 2018 Grammy Award nominations were released this morning, and certain categories looked markedly more diverse in their selections.”
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“Artificial intelligence has already been used to create a short film, snippets of angst-ridden poetry, and even the odd avant-garde melody. But the YouTube video above might just be the first pop song written by AI — and it’s almost certainly (probably) a dire warning for humanity.”
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