Spotify Wrapped's AI podcast and other personalization features
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I'm not a Spotify user, but this is something that has annoyed me about YouTube Music and recommendation algorithms more generally. The people who design these products will go on about revealed preferences and how what users say they want is not what they "really" want based on behavior, but what if who I am is not who I'd rather be? What I want is for the algorithm to push me towards being "the kind of person" who enjoys more varied and challenging music, films, art, etc than I currently do. But everything seems designed to keep you in this little local well of familiarity. To what end? Why not let me tweak that?