At least as far as music is concerned, what you're describing sounds like a nightmare. 1) It would do irreparable damage to the social elements of listening to

At least as far as music is concerned, what you're describing sounds like a nightmare. 1) It would do irreparable damage to the social elements of listening to music. The question "have you listened to Foo, by Bar?" would be obsolete, because of course they haven't, it was generated just for you. 2) Any music with lyrics generated or tweaked by such a system would ring completely hollow, with the knowledge that it's not actually words a person wrote. Worse, if this is common enough, there will always be doubts about whether a purportedly human-written song was actually written by a human or not. 3) Put yourself in the shoes of an artist forced to confront that no one is actually listening to the song they wrote, but merely automatically generated variations on it which they did not compose and do not feel ownership of. > If we're careful we can characterize and destroy the filter bubble while we're at it. I do not understand how you reached that conclusion. I think the most likely outcome is the exact opposite occurring: a reinforcement of filter bubbles and social isolation. As a more general point: I've come to see the drive towards "personalization" (and by implication commoditization) of everything is a social sickness. It denies shared experience, and leaves us feeling more alone. As an example, one of the beautiful things about music is that because it stirs our emotions so directly, it allows us to participate in extremely meaningful shared experiences with other listeners. Music is a vehicle for communication.