Genius is Pretty Stupid

September 12, 2008

I have been playing around with iTunes 8′s biggest feature: Genius, and have not been impressed. I know this will be much better later, but for now, it appears no work went into this at all. Here are some of the song recommendations it gave me, and my friends.

Song: Numb/Encore by Linkin Park

Recommendation: Sweet Baby James by James Taylor

Song: Just Dance by Lady Gaga

Recommendation: Mountain Music by Alabama

Song: Jerk it Out by Caesar’s Palace

Recommendation: I Walk the Line by Johnny Cash

Have you gotten terrible “genius” recommendations? Let me know in the comments, and I’ll add them to this page.

2 Responses to “Genius is Pretty Stupid”

  1. John said

    Works fine for me, I don’t know what you’re whinging about. Seems like you’ve just daisy picked some bad examples in an attempt to show what exactly?

    Quit whinging, it’s free software. If you don’t like it use Windows Media Player instead ;)

  2. mykbibby said

    Hey, Windows Media Player is free as well, and we’re all very quick to point out its flaws… ;-)

    I love iTunes, and would never use anything else. I just wish they had fixed the genius feature at launch. There is no doubt in my mind it will rock in a year, but for now, eh…

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