{"id":43992,"date":"2026-01-31T23:59:50","date_gmt":"2026-02-01T04:59:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.ckms.ca\/?p=43992"},"modified":"2026-01-31T23:59:50","modified_gmt":"2026-02-01T04:59:50","slug":"the-infinite-tail","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.ckms.ca\/?p=43992","title":{"rendered":"The infinite tail"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The Long Tail was a profound cultural insight. When we created YouTube, Amazon, Roon, recipe websites and Netflix, the culture changed. When you give people a choice, they make a choice. We went fr\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Source: The infinite tail<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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That\u2019s because it doesn\u2019t matter how many cookbooks you own\u2026 Claude can invent a new recipe for you, one that\u2019s never been seen before. You can do this today, the tech works.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n

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Seems OK to me. Recipes are not copy writable, nor should they be. I’ve used Gemini+ to make me recipes at moments notice, and they’re spot on. And I’ve got a collection of >5000 pdfs of recipes collected over 40 years, and I haven’t scanned all my cookbooks yet!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Soon, it won\u2019t matter if you have 400 Grateful Dead albums; AI systems will be able to generate live recordings from 1974 that never happened.<\/p>\n\n\n

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As long as the real recordings are still available, so what. I’ve had good success with a few websites that play music via some sort of AI. Endless Acid Banger<\/a>. Black Hole<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

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And eventually, Netflix will generate TV shows that no one has ever seen, for an audience of one.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n

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This is where i have some problems. Like music, as long as the real TV shows exist, not a huge problem. I just wonder what’s the purpose TV shows just for you… how do you share it, or talk about it, with others? Seems we lose something when we lose the shared viewing of a TV show? Water cooler talk that’s just a bunch of fucking narcissistic explaining their best evar TV show only they’ve seen?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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