Pro-AI lobbying group exposed for running sockpuppet accounts to silence AI critics
DKokotajlo · x · 2026-10-17
The Midas Project published an investigation into how a pro-AI lobbying group created sockpuppet accounts to undermine its opponents and anyone concerned about AI. The video is structured in three parts (Daylight, Doomer, Dumb); the author notes it's still hard to believe.
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