In the image and likeness: machine, man, and imaginaries in circulation 237 of the machine and the program, constant companions in my daily life, gives way. My musical self-portrait makes me reflect on my behavior in 2022. Of course, I cannot forget what the program on my machine says: “Já chega de 2022 vamos falar de TI” (Enough about 2022, let’s talk about YOU) (Figure 05). In Portuguese, “TI” means “you” or “IT” (information technolo- gy). There couldn’t be a better pun. Interestingly, Spotify’s Year in Review goes beyond merely informing me about my most- played songs, as it did in 2021. In 2022, with the machine’s learning and evolution, it started to offer a vision of myself, my style, my behavior, and my feelings. Although it does not allow direct conversation the retrospective prompts me to interact. Figure 03 – The machine imagines me Screenshot of the user’s profile in the retrospective generated by Spotify
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