Whenever I go to a video on YouTube now there are, as always, thumbnails of other videos running down the right side of the screen. And there's a particular class of video that's been cropping up lately. They'll be about musicians, with the format "X finally comes clean about Y." "Keith Richards finally tells the whole truth about Jeff Beck" or the like. The implication being that these rock stars have salacious gossip and harsh personal judgments about each other but have been holding them in for decades out of sheer politeness. Sure, buddy.
I'd ask what it is about me that they think I'd be interested, but it's all obviously just a mixture of AI and desperation.
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If I open youtube without looking for a particular video or a search for a song or specific subject I see this:
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Once they know who I am (presumably from my IP) youtube begins offering its often bizarre choices for what else I might want to see. Considering I've been offered Tom and Jerry cartoons along with Nelson's battles in 3D it's a peculiar form of AI that I imagine they're hoping will improve so you'll never want to go anywhere else on the web. Yes, desperation too. Musicians indulging in smutty gossip is something else again.
Speaking of youtube and its teasures (despite their suggestions), have you seen this version of Rhapsody in Blue from the movie about Gershwin? Even if you'seen it it's cool to watch again.
https://youtu.be/VAuTouBhN5k?si=cFgPlo26Q2nxjUov
ps: I forgot to mention how much I enjoyed the Henry Mancini Peter Gunn theme music.
Yeah, that's the thing. On the one hand it's kind of creepy that the platform openly profiles you in order to predict what you'll like. On the other hand it might be convenient if they had some idea of your preferences. On the third hand they're really bad at it. Or else they're not really interested in your opinion and are only giving you the illusion of choice.
The Tom and Jerry cartoons are beautiful in terms of rendering and animation. There's not much there in terms of story or character, for the most part. Cat chases mouse, mouse somehow manages to beat up the cat.
That is indeed a great scene from Rhapsody in Blue. You can see that a lot of the audience is enjoying the music. Another portion, perhaps overlapping, doesn't know quite what to make of it. I can see Gershwin getting that response at first.
Mancini was a terrific composer and performer, and he helped give Peter Gunn its stylish air.
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