I just installed DirectTv (which I love -- especially since I was able to flush the cable Monopoly) and I got TiVo (which I really, really love). But, when I 1st got it, it started auto-recording really wierd stuff, like old Japanese movies. I called the support line and they said the box was trying to record things it thought I would like.
I turned off that feature as fast as I could. The idea of predictive technology (outside of an Elevator) bugs me. The arrogance is worse than the annoyance.