手机怎么知道我喜欢什么

我手机推荐的歌，都是我喜欢的。真方便！

My phone recommends songs, and they're all things I like. So convenient!

是吗？你不觉得奇怪吗？

Really? Don't you think that's strange?

奇怪什么？手机知道我喜欢什么，我觉得很好啊。

What's strange about it? My phone knows what I like. I think that's great.

我最近发现，手机是用算法推荐东西的。

I've noticed lately that phones use an algorithm to recommend things.

算法？那是什么？

Algorithm? What's that?

就是手机看你以前喜欢什么，然后决定推荐什么给你。

It's when the phone looks at what you've liked before, and then decides what to recommend to you.

这有什么问题？算法推荐得对，你喜欢，大家都高兴啊。

What's the problem with that? The algorithm recommends correctly, you like it, everyone's happy.

问题是，以前我会自己找，自己选择。现在我不用想，算法已经决定好了。

The problem is, before I used to look for things myself and choose for myself. Now I don't need to think, the algorithm has already decided.

那样不是更方便吗？你有更多时间做其他事情。

Isn't that even more convenient? You have more time to do other things.

方便，但是我觉得，我更不了解自己了。

It is convenient, but I feel like I understand myself less.

你想太多了。算法知道你喜欢什么，不是坏事情。

You're overthinking it. The algorithm knowing what you like isn't a bad thing.

可能吧。但是如果我喜欢的东西，都是算法决定的，那「我喜欢」这三个字，还是我的意思吗？

Maybe. But if everything I like is decided by the algorithm, does "I like it" still mean what I mean by it?

我不知道。但是我觉得，方便比这个问题重要。

I don't know. But I think convenience matters more than this question.

我还是觉得，我应该自己选择。

I still feel like I should choose for myself.