When Media Gets Wise
Mattias Jacobsson, Mattias Rost, Lars Erik Holmquist · 2006
We present a mode where media (e.g.music files) are autonomous entities that carry their own individua information. Our goal is to turn such files into autonomous, rule-following agents capable of building their own identities from interactions with other agents and users. We are exploring how collaborative filtering-like behaviour could emerge out of large ensembles of interacting agents, which are distributed over mobile devices in socia networks. We have implemented a first version of the mode in the form of a music player application for mobile devices, called Push!Music. This system takes advantage of active recommendations as we as implicit user activity to build a profile for each media file.