"No I don't watch those anymore, most of them are AI now... I don't like watching a fake cat."
Is this generation bounded, will young people enjoy an artificial reality?
Who knows, but my mom doesn't like it, it actually made her reality less enjoyable.
It's fun of course, but once this has been listened you enter a personal Spotify bubble of recommendations. A song by “Boer Harm" was recommended next. My 8 year old kid was listening to "I can fuck very well, I will lick your anus and beyond. I like it dirty and filthy" [1].
Spotify is not a record label and selection criteria seem to be sparse. There is a whole sewer of songs only about farting, shitting, penises and what not. The sole purpose seems to be to make some money out of kids searching dirty stuff.
When I was young I loved to discover new music. From my parents record collection I started listening to Queen, Vangelis and sometimes Bach. I loved it! Being a kid today makes it a lot more difficult to discover great music. All the music in the world is available to you, but once you have listened to a poop and fart song it’s over, you are in the dirty rabbit hole.
Yes a kids may laugh at an occasional naughty song, but the next recommendation should be music. I’m pretty sure Spotify can estimate a listeners age with a more 95% accuracy. Kids will be kids, but surprise and inspire them, kids are not stupid. Let kids hear music!
[0] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GT9QRmgwVYs
[1] https://genius.com/Boer-harm-brommers-kieken-lyrics
