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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. Others... by moeffju · · Score: 5, Informative

    For other programs that do this already, look for RoboDJ or AudioScrobbler. Lots of others exist.

    Yet none get the job done right.

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  2. Re:But people are lazy... by chickens · · Score: 5, Informative

    "find out what other people who really like this song listen to" programs..
    Methinks you'd like audioscrobbler, which is somewhat like firefly

  3. 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???

  4. Re:Random playing by iksowrak · · Score: 5, Informative

    I just found out about the plugin from /. this morning and haven't read up much on it yet, but it appears to factor in how long each song is played. So if you're like me and have Winamp on random play but skip over (or partway through) songs I don't feel like listening to, the plugin will still do its work.

  5. 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?