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Oct 07
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The iTunes Genius is racist

Today I ran a iTunes genius query on Corinne Bailey Rae’s “Girls Put Your Records On”. I was hoping for mellow, summery music. Instead I got every type of genre, including Rap, Hip Hop, R&B, Soul and music from the Dreamgirls soundtrack. I was confused. Why wasn’t I getting the results I expected? Well, the artists were related, in a way—They were just all Black.

Can anyone explain this?

Sep 26
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Check out the Personas Project at MIT. The process is much more exciting than the final results :)

Check out the Personas Project at MIT. The process is much more exciting than the final results :)

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