Who chooses your top song?
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How do music algorithms determine what’s popular?
Decide which signals should count the most when building the algorithm for a streaming service.
Bring this case to your studentsThe setup
Students investigate how various listening behaviors should be accounted for in an algorithm, and consider whether the results reflect what a listener actually likes.
What students do
- Compare different kinds of listening behavior.
- Use weighted scores to rank songs.
- Explain how changing the scoring rules changes a recommendation.
What they take with them
Students use math to examine an everyday algorithm and explain why the rules behind a ranking matter.
A case for your students.
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