The centroid must be boring.

· Bits and Bobs 4/20/26
  • The centroid must be boring.
    • There's no surprise.
    • In the 90's researchers tried to make the most popular song.
    • You want the surprise (the amount it stands off the centroid) to be interesting.
    • Interesting means that it will resonate with the listener.
    • Just because it's non-centroid doesn't make it interesting.
      • It could just be noise.
    • The AI can't decide what is interesting to the audience and thus will resonate.
    • The resonance is a person picking something that resonates with other people who have the same fundamental frequency.
    • An observation from a friend: "the total input to make a hit song is all of civilization at a moment in time."