16 Podcast Episodes
240. Anthropology of Algorithms, Ethnography of Engineers, Theory of Traps (ft. Nick Seaver)
240. Anthropology of Algorithms, Ethnography of Engineers, Theory of Traps (ft. Nick Seaver)
We are joined by Nick Sever – author of the new book Computing Taste: Algorithms and the Makers of Music Recommendation ... Read more
17 Mar 2023
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1hr 27mins
Nick Seaver, "Computing Taste: Algorithms and the Makers of Music Recommendation" (U Chicago Press, 2022)
Nick Seaver, "Computing Taste: Algorithms and the Makers of Music Recommendation" (U Chicago Press, 2022)
The people who make music recommender systems have lofty goals: they want to broaden listeners’ horizons and help obscur... Read more
2 Feb 2023
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1hr 27mins
Nick Seaver, "Computing Taste: Algorithms and the Makers of Music Recommendation" (U Chicago Press, 2022)
Nick Seaver, "Computing Taste: Algorithms and the Makers of Music Recommendation" (U Chicago Press, 2022)
The people who make music recommender systems have lofty goals: they want to broaden listeners’ horizons and help obscur... Read more
2 Feb 2023
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1hr 27mins
Nick Seaver, "Computing Taste: Algorithms and the Makers of Music Recommendation" (U Chicago Press, 2022)
Nick Seaver, "Computing Taste: Algorithms and the Makers of Music Recommendation" (U Chicago Press, 2022)
The people who make music recommender systems have lofty goals: they want to broaden listeners’ horizons and help obscur... Read more
2 Feb 2023
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1hr 27mins
Nick Seaver, "Computing Taste: Algorithms and the Makers of Music Recommendation" (U Chicago Press, 2022)
Nick Seaver, "Computing Taste: Algorithms and the Makers of Music Recommendation" (U Chicago Press, 2022)
The people who make music recommender systems have lofty goals: they want to broaden listeners’ horizons and help obscur... Read more
2 Feb 2023
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1hr 27mins
Nick Seaver, "Computing Taste: Algorithms and the Makers of Music Recommendation" (U Chicago Press, 2022)
Nick Seaver, "Computing Taste: Algorithms and the Makers of Music Recommendation" (U Chicago Press, 2022)
The people who make music recommender systems have lofty goals: they want to broaden listeners’ horizons and help obscur... Read more
2 Feb 2023
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1hr 27mins
Nick Seaver, "Computing Taste: Algorithms and the Makers of Music Recommendation" (U Chicago Press, 2022)
Nick Seaver, "Computing Taste: Algorithms and the Makers of Music Recommendation" (U Chicago Press, 2022)
The people who make music recommender systems have lofty goals: they want to broaden listeners’ horizons and help obscur... Read more
2 Feb 2023
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1hr 27mins
Nick Seaver, "Computing Taste: Algorithms and the Makers of Music Recommendation" (U Chicago Press, 2022)
Nick Seaver, "Computing Taste: Algorithms and the Makers of Music Recommendation" (U Chicago Press, 2022)
The people who make music recommender systems have lofty goals: they want to broaden listeners’ horizons and help obscur... Read more
2 Feb 2023
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1hr 27mins
#91: How Technology Shapes Our Tastes — in Music and More (feat. Nick Seaver)
#91: How Technology Shapes Our Tastes — in Music and More (feat. Nick Seaver)
Earlier this week, my colleague Adam Mastroianni published an essay on what he called "cultural oligopoly." An increasin... Read more
18 Oct 2022
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1hr 3mins
Nick Seaver – (Artificial) Intelligence
Nick Seaver – (Artificial) Intelligence
“Sticky websites are traps designed to capture people.”Artisanal traps have two faces: where hunter and prey, two entiti... Read more
29 Aug 2022
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15mins