Current Events > Spotify testing using AI to generate playlists based off user prompts.

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https://newsroom.spotify.com/2024-04-07/spotify-premium-users-can-now-turn-any-idea-into-a-personalized-playlist-with-ai-playlist-in-beta/

We know that discovery happens on Spotify, with nearly two billion discoveries happening on our platform every day. Features like our AI DJ and daylist power those discoveries and bring fans closer to the artists they love. Now were providing our Spotify Premium subscribers with another tool to fuel discovery and music curation. With AI Playlist in beta, you can effortlessly turn your most creative ideas into playlists.
Starting with users on Android and iOS devices in the United Kingdom and Australia, creating a new playlist with AI Playlist is as simple as typing a unique prompt into the chat. Looking for an indie folk playlist to give my brain a big warm hug, relaxing music to tide me over during allergy season, or a playlist that makes me feel like the main character? AI Playlist has you covered. Whether youre a beginner or an expert playlist creator, AI Playlist pairs our powerful personalization technology with AI to deliver that perfect musical mix, just for you.
You can use prompts that reference places, animals, activities, movie characters, colors, even emojis. The most successful playlists are generated with prompts that contain a combination of genres, moods, artists, or decades. Its a brand-new tool, and still in beta, so well continue to iterate and innovate on the experience. Stay tuned for whats to come!

There's a guide after this that goes over how to find and use AI playlist.

I can't think of a feature I would want to use less. Chopping off my left leg sounds more appealing than using AI to generate playlists.

Now I can make meme playlists

I tried using their ai DJ thing and it was just awful.

If this can be used to help me find music I've never heard before but might be interested in, then that sounds great. If not then it would be useless.

wackyteen posted...

I can't think of a feature I would want to use less. Chopping off my left leg sounds more appealing than using AI to generate playlists.

I mean, this is basically just a more robust version of finding a playlist like you'd find with any other search query. Really, that's exactly what it is: a search engine, except trained for associations beyond literally finding the word you entered in the results.

Dakimakura posted...

I tried using their ai DJ thing and it was just awful.

Yeah the DJ voice is really dumb and annoying. And it doesn't feel like it is doing anything intelligently at all, just stringing together mini-playlists from "made for you" playlists.

i discovered at least two bands that i like by letting spotify autoplay random songs that are similar to what i have in my playlist

the_rowan posted...

I mean, this is basically just a more robust version of finding a playlist like you'd find with any other search query. Really, that's exactly what it is: a search engine, except trained for associations beyond literally finding the word you entered in the results.

Yeah, this literally sounds like a more specific search engine, that will likely learn based on how other people "search" and build from there. I'm not sure I see the big issue.

EDIT: It seems like a more advanced Pandora, which would basically "Here's a band we think is like the band you just listened to" and then "After listening, was this something you liked?"

As if Spotify can get any worse

So what's the difference between this and the standard suggested songs playlist?

Turbam posted...

So what's the difference between this and the standard suggested songs playlist?

This one's going to somehow end up being racist.

Turbam posted...

So what's the difference between this and the standard suggested songs playlist?

This one will presumedly learn and evolve on its own, instead of having bands/etc. manually input. Basically, not any noticeable difference to the actual consumer, other than being able to be more specific.

Yeah no, fuck that spotify.

Dakimakura posted...

I tried using their ai DJ thing and it was just awful.

this

StealThisSheen posted...

This one will presumedly learn and evolve on its own, instead of having bands/etc. manually input. Basically, not any noticeable difference to the actual consumer, other than being able to be more specific.

My experience with these types of products so far is that they tend to be pretty terrible for looking for niche or specific things, but do fine if you're looking for the same thing that a lot of people look for or are not particularly specific in what you want to end up with.

Questions like "music that will make me feel x" can't possibly work unless you react to a piece the same way most other people do, so that sort of thing is basically just going to be pulling from a recommended list like already exist.

Spotify's "traditional" prediction algorithms are already a lot better at picking what I'll like than humans tend to be. Not that that's saying much, but still. Be interesting to see what they can do with full blown AI.