You know, all this talk about machines deciding what we can and can't watch reminds me of one storyline in "Foxtrot" a while back: Andy (the mom) orders a TiVo-like gadget called a MomVo. It filters out everything but "mother-approved television," therefore driving the kids up the wall, until...
Paige: What happened to the MomVo?
Jason: Mom returned it. She said she realized it was a mistake to delegate parental control of the TV to a machine. She said that even though it's hard work, it's her job, and not some outsider's, to gauge what constitutes suitable content for this family.
Paige: It wouldn't let her record her soaps, in other words.
Jason: You should have seen how fast she yanked the wires.
I love "Foxtrot;" too bad it only appears on Sundays now.