Hacker News post argues LLMs and data poisoning are being weaponized to manufacture consensus

On October 7 a post on the Hacker News front page argued that LLMs and data poisoning are being weaponized to manufacture consensus. That claim is the post's own view. The available reports give no specific cases, no actors, no method of operation and no scope of impact, and offer no independent verification. As of 19:23 that day the post had 17 points and 7 comments. What is confirmed is that the topic reached the Hacker News front page and drew discussion; the reports do not disclose what the comments said or what the discussion concluded.

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