[New post] Talking Schmidt: Makes thinly-veiled attack on Apple Music as elitist and out of date, scores own goal

Ben Lovejoy posted: " Eric Schmidt, executive chairman of Google parent company Alphabet, has made a thinly-veiled attack on Apple Music in a BBC op-ed on artificial intelligence. He described human-curated music selections as a decade out of data and an elitist approach. " Respond to this post by replying above this line New post on 9to5Google Talking Schmidt: Makes thinly-veiled attack on Apple Music as elitist and out of date, scores own goal by Ben Lovejoy Eric Schmidt, executive chairman of Google parent company Alphabet, has made a thinly-veiled attack on Apple Music in a BBC op-ed on artificial intelligence. He described human-curated music selections as a decade out of data and an elitist approach. A decade ago, to launch a digital music service, you probably would have enlisted a handful of elite tastemakers to pick the hottest new music. Today, you're much better off building a smart system that can learn from the real world - what actual listeners are most likely to like next - and help you predict who and where the next Adele might be ...  Read more of this post Ben Lovejoy | September 14, 2015 at 4:15 am | Tags: apple music, Artificial intelligence, Eric Schmidt, Google, Google Play Music | Categories: Android, Google Corporate | URL: http://wp.me/p1w6tN-uWL Comment    See all comments Unsubscribe to no longer receive posts from 9to5Google. Change your email settings at Manage Subscriptions. Trouble clicking? Copy and paste this URL into your browser: http://9to5google.com/2015/09/14/talking-schmidt-apple-music/ Thanks for flying with WordPress.com