[warpri81]

I suppose it is kind of like Pandora. We are actually mimicking word vectors (ala word2vec) but using playlists as the data set. So, in theory, it IS learning the context of songs to make some inferences about the songs themselves.

I absolutely agree that "AI" can't replace knowledgeable humans building thoughtful playlists. I started this project because I can't find new music quickly enough, and listening to any computer generated playlist/radio station gets stale fast. I also rarely find artists that I like more than a handful of their songs, so a lot of artist-centric recommendations miss the mark for me.

In a perfect world, we would feed in reams of carefully curated playlists, learn about different contexts songs appear in, and use some signals from the user to find the types of songs they want to listen to. Two songs don't make for a very strong signal - we have discussed trying to use the user's listening history to help refine the playlist.

Thanks for taking the time to check it out!