Low IQ Genius
computers October 4th. 2008, 11:55amYou know that there iTunes, what recently got an upgrade to version 8? I finally got round to installing it this morning. The “big thing” with this release is Genius, iTunes’ way of looking at what songs you’ve got, and using that information to recommend other songs and artists.
It’s been well documented that it makes some slightly… confused suggestions. Perhaps recommending Sepultura when the majority of your library is Kraftwerk or something. But I’ve not heard of it being actually totally stupid like it has been with me:
That’s right - Genius is telling me that I’m missing some Blondie tracks. Tracks that are RIGHT THERE in my library already. Amazing.
October 4th, 2008 at 13:53
You’re not the only one: http://daringfireball.net/2008/09/lets_rock_special_event under the iTunes 8 heading
October 4th, 2008 at 18:27
It’s clearly because the song titles are different. “Tte telephone” and blue/blues - the music store is full of typos. That said, it should have been able to work out that these pairs are probably intended to be the same track.
October 4th, 2008 at 18:33
Yeah, I see that. Thing is, when I came to try my Bowie tracks, they really are up the spout in terms of recommendations. And I don’t want three different tracks called “Bad Day” simply because I have one track called “Have a Bad Day”.