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Spotify seems to use an LLM for their new DJ feature, and it honestly is way better than any other music recommendation service I've ever tried. It will give yo

by BosunoB 1mo ago

Spotify seems to use an LLM for their new DJ feature, and it honestly is way better than any other music recommendation service I've ever tried. It will give you music that actually sounds like the music you ask for. What I'm excited for is Bumble's AI matchmaker. LLM categorization may actually be the key to a decent dating app.

eterm 1mo ago
I've not seen any difference between the spotify "AI DJ" and their daily playlists, they literally just pick a song you like and run similar. The only difference is that every so often the DJ yaps at you and rotates to a different playlist. It's still absolutely nothing like a DJ, and spotify daily recommendations are still hopeless compared to what Google Music ( rip ) used to do, which actually was able to deliver diverse playlists based on recommendations. Just chopping between different homogenous blocs is not a good experience.
- BosunoB 1mo ago
  In my experience, I could choose like, Steve Lacy radio from the song list, and it won't give me anything that sounds like Steve Lacy. It'll give me music that people who like Steve Lacy also like. But, if I ask the DJ for music like Steve Lacy, I'll get music like Steve Lacy. I think the LLM basically has a much better semantic understanding of music and how it sounds than the traditional like-based algorithms. I do agree with you on the base DJ, it just jumps between homogenous blocks, but the impressive thing is asking the DJ for a certain kind of music.
mr_mitm 1mo ago
I just checked. The AI DJ showed me a suggested request button with the prompt "late afternoon reggae rock with Lorna Shore". That's like suggesting pickled fish with strawberry ice cream just because you happened to order both a few times.
- BosunoB 1mo ago
  Go ahead and ask it for music that's similar to a song you like. For that use case, I promise it's just way better than anything in the past. Pandora, Spotify Radio, anything.

by BosunoB 1mo ago

eterm 1mo ago

I've not seen any difference between the spotify "AI DJ" and their daily playlists, they literally just pick a song you like and run similar. The only difference is that every so often the DJ yaps at you and rotates to a different playlist. It's still absolutely nothing like a DJ, and spotify daily recommendations are still hopeless compared to what Google Music ( rip ) used to do, which actually was able to deliver diverse playlists based on recommendations. Just chopping between different homogenous blocs is not a good experience.

BosunoB 1mo ago
In my experience, I could choose like, Steve Lacy radio from the song list, and it won't give me anything that sounds like Steve Lacy. It'll give me music that people who like Steve Lacy also like. But, if I ask the DJ for music like Steve Lacy, I'll get music like Steve Lacy. I think the LLM basically has a much better semantic understanding of music and how it sounds than the traditional like-based algorithms. I do agree with you on the base DJ, it just jumps between homogenous blocks, but the impressive thing is asking the DJ for a certain kind of music.

mr_mitm 1mo ago

I just checked. The AI DJ showed me a suggested request button with the prompt "late afternoon reggae rock with Lorna Shore". That's like suggesting pickled fish with strawberry ice cream just because you happened to order both a few times.

BosunoB 1mo ago
Go ahead and ask it for music that's similar to a song you like. For that use case, I promise it's just way better than anything in the past. Pandora, Spotify Radio, anything.