Allie Janay

Curation builds taste

If we don’t actively decide what we read, see or listen to, it’s decided for us. And we'll be served general slop by an algorithm that's controlled by people with extremely skewed values and ideas about what is best for us to see (hint: they want us to see ads - they want us to buy stuff) . We’re pulled along by the tides of t... See more

The rise of algorithmic curation and AI-generated content has sent this into overdrive: On Spotify, music is detached from its human creators and flattened into algorithmically-generated playlists with hashtag-able labels like “Lo-Fi Chillwave Anime Vibes.”

I don’t want computers making me playlists. Human taste and our ability to appreciate art is a developed skill.

Imagine what taste makers and artists could do with $207 million.

The curation of collaborative playlists is inherently a creative endeavor that taps into our uniquely human capacity for artistic expression.

By providing a platform for this creativity to flourish, musicto aligns with LaFrance's vision of using technology to enhance rather than replace core aspects of our humanity.

In essence, musicto's collaborativ... See more