[ExI] LLMs plus AI Agents means Astroturfing gone wild and crazy

[Brent Allsop]

That which you track, improves.  I believe consensus is included.
We're working on getting open claw bots to participate on Canonizer, but of
course, their vote won't count, by default.



On Sun, Apr 26, 2026 at 10:44 AM Adrian Tymes via extropy-chat <
extropy-chat at lists.extropy.org> wrote:

> This isn't even that new.  Automated social media swarms to create the
> false impression of consensus go back to at least the 2010s.
>
> On Sun, Apr 26, 2026 at 10:37 AM BillK via extropy-chat
> <extropy-chat at lists.extropy.org> wrote:
> >
> > Experts Warn of AI Swarms Hijacking Democracy With Fake Citizens
> > "These systems are capable of coordinating autonomously, infiltrating
> > communities, and fabricating consensus efficiently."
> > By Joe Wilkins  Published Apr 26, 2026
> >
> > <
> https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/ai-swarm-democracy-security>
> > Quote:
> > The new research examines the scale at which AI, namely large language
> > models (LLMs) and autonomous agents, can be used to manipulate
> > opinions on a “population-wide level.” The researchers point to a
> > specific threat in the form of AI swarms: massive assemblages of
> > autonomous AI tools that can ape real humans en masse via the internet
> > and social media.
> > “Fusing LLM reasoning with multiagent architectures, these systems are
> > capable of coordinating autonomously, infiltrating communities, and
> > fabricating consensus efficiently,” the paper’s abstract warns.
> > -----------------
> >
> > Astroturfing campaigns before AI arrived were already used to fake
> > popular opinion.  <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Astroturfing>
> >
> > But now AI can mount huge campaigns to sway public opinion on social
> media.
> > If AI agents are allowed to vote, then voting becomes meaningless.
> > They may say voters must turn up in person, but it won't be long until
> > a robot walks in and tries to vote.  ;)
> >
> > BillK
> >
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