[gumby]

Ever taken a Suggestion by amazon, netflix, etc? That originated in Pattie Maes’s group at the media lab and was first commercialized as Firefly.

[scottlocklin]

Pretty sure it didn't originate in Pattie Maes group.

For example these all before her group:

https://pdfs.semanticscholar.org/d663/d25cbc8212adf560b2b1f1...

http://soda.swedish-ict.se/2225/2/T94_04.pdf

MIT, but not Mae's group or Media lab: https://sites.ualberta.ca/~golmoham/SW/web%20mining%2023Jan2...