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I mean ironically "the algorithm" is this but with curating instead creating content and people talk about being surprised all the time.
Most models introduce a little bit of randomness or boundary pushing precisely for the reason you mentioned
I think of it this way.
I read people talking about the huge differences in styles between 2024 and 2000 and how everything changed.
Then I look at the styles in 1960 and 1984 and see really big changes.
The algorithm is going to err on the side of what I've already liked. It's not going to jump in with something totally off the wall.
It can even be worse - pigeonhole you and only offer what it thinks your demographic wants.
My music tastes are a bit of everything, but I listened to a bit of classic rock and now it only wants to give me that and conservative podcasts
I started watching YouTube recently but it really seems to have pigeonholed me very differently than what I’ve followed
I might want to read a bunch of Sherlock Holmes stories in a row. It's going to take the algorithm years to realize that was a one time binge.
Yes and no right? Again randomness or "temperature" is pretty standard
"The same thing every day" is likely to appeal to few.
The echo chamber effect or honestly the worse effect showing just the worst of people you disagree with, is a real issue though. Kind of an effect of selection bias though too