What I'm excited for is Bumble's AI matchmaker. LLM categorization may actually be the key to a decent dating app.
The only difference is that every so often the DJ yaps at you and rotates to a different playlist.
It's still absolutely nothing like a DJ, and spotify daily recommendations are still hopeless compared to what Google Music ( rip ) used to do, which actually was able to deliver diverse playlists based on recommendations.
Just chopping between different homogenous blocs is not a good experience.
But, if I ask the DJ for music like Steve Lacy, I'll get music like Steve Lacy.
I think the LLM basically has a much better semantic understanding of music and how it sounds than the traditional like-based algorithms.
I do agree with you on the base DJ, it just jumps between homogenous blocks, but the impressive thing is asking the DJ for a certain kind of music.