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So utterly bizarre that a tech CEO can take this approach. It seems plainly obvious that they've tasked their internal teams with a challenge to come up with an

by Festro 4mo ago

So utterly bizarre that a tech CEO can take this approach. It seems plainly obvious that they've tasked their internal teams with a challenge to come up with an AI product they can sell. Probably during a hackathon or something. And the most viable buzz-y thing the produced was 'remixes and cover songs' for 'superfans'. In a normal world there'd be a market research phase and the tech CEO would be looking at topline stats on where they think users are looking. And then they'll develop products to meet their requirements before competitors do. Instead we have a made up product (that other AI platforms may offer for free) and a market research report that is telling the CEO that consumers consider the product 'slop'. And the result is a brand deal, money put down, and the CEO having to try to convince consumers it's not slop before it even launches. This is what we call 'dead on arrival' right?

add-sub-mul-div 4mo ago
> This is what we call 'dead on arrival' right? I'm not convinced they won't succeed. Streaming content providers use surveillance and consumer's lack of taste/discernment against them. They know people are likely to click on whatever they put on the personalized home screen. That's why so much Netflix trash gets watched. They've weaponized passivity.