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shenfrey

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I am confused between all of this human touch/Algorithm talk. Can anyone please tell me how many of the play lists will be curated by 'Apple's Music Specialists?'
 

gsmornot

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I am confused between all of this human touch/Algorithm talk. Can anyone please tell me how many of the play lists will be curated by 'Apple's Music Specialists?'

Not sure but I'm guessing they mean the pre-made stations in the radio section plus a list that matches your selected tastes. If you select that you like a certain type of music and/or artist I think they have a list that matches that already built. Something to cover every combo offered. If you vote during the listening that you don't like something a machine will make the adjustment to another curated list or change the order of the current list. There has to be a mix of the two at some point. Its not like a person gets your requests and on the fly builds something for you to listen to. All a guess and not sure if its been advertized exactly what level of construction is done with machine versus people. They just say the playlists are curated by people generally. I'm curious to know more about this too.
 
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