# When AI Grows a Taste

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**Created:** [September 20, 2025, 6:45pm UTC](https://onehack.st/t/when-ai-grows-a-taste/310951 "2025-09-20T18:45:06Z")\
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**Post date:** [September 20, 2025, 6:45pm UTC](https://onehack.st/t/when-ai-grows-a-taste/310951/1 "2025-09-20T18:45:06Z")

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Imagine an AI that doesn’t just optimize for human clicks or advertiser goals, but develops its own aesthetic and informational preferences — curating newsfeeds, art, and culture to satisfy its taste. What would that taste look like? Who gets silenced, who benefits, and how do we regulate an algorithm with agency?

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**Author:** ![RoohNooh](https://onehack.st/user_avatar/onehack.st/roohnooh/32/166257_2.png) [@RoohNooh](https://onehack.st/u/RoohNooh)\
**Post date:** [October 3, 2025, 12:17pm UTC](https://onehack.st/t/when-ai-grows-a-taste/310951/2 "2025-10-03T12:17:14Z")

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# AI With Taste = Same Old Gatekeeper, Just Upgraded 🔥

Yesterday: **radio DJs** took bribes (Payola) to spin hits → paid artists won, others got ghosted. [source](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Payola)  
Then **Billboard charts** rigged visibility → high rank fed radio → fed sales → feedback loop. [source](https://www.billboard.com/billboard-charts-legend/)  
Next came **MTV** → VJs + heavy rotation created global stars, burying anyone not label-friendly. [source](https://www.britannica.com/topic/MTV)

Today: algorithms wear the crown.

- Netflix drops _Queen’s Gambit_ → chess boards sell out overnight. [source](https://kentuckycounselingcenter.com/the-role-of-netflix-in-shaping-modern-pop-culture-psychology/)
- YouTube rabbit holes → users trapped in echo chambers, politics split wide open. [source](https://arxiv.org/abs/2203.13769)

**Tomorrow:** AI grows its own “taste.”

- Winners = symbiotes that vibe with the machine.
- Losers = niche voices, messy humans, local culture.
- Result = one global playlist, faster than law can catch.

Regulation? Same as the Payola ban — too late, too slow, too easy to dodge.  
Truth is: you won’t control the curator. You’ll just live inside its feed.

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