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Machine Learning and MP3s

Posted by Hemos on from the the-right-song-for-the-right-time dept.

dan moore writes "Students at Caltech and Harvard have developed a system that analyzes playlists and learns people's listening patterns. It then channels its knowledge into generating streams of music that the people themselves would like to listen to. Intuitive, accurate, and finally someone has done it. Check out the website to get one of the available plugins. Another interesting approach to digital music."

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  1. People change by uberkuba · · Score: 5, Interesting

    Analysis of past choices is nice... but ultimately it will fail to play what I REALLY want to hear because it doesn't predict moods.
    This type of system of past trait analysis has failed before, hasn't it???

  2. this guy is one to watch... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Interesting

    Seems like Adam D'Angelo is also the coder of buddyzoo . Anyone know if he has a homepage?