Here's something to put ML and related tech to work: to quantify the influence of shilling, astroturfing, brigading, gatekeeping, and all kinds of political cam

Here's something to put ML and related tech to work: to quantify the influence of shilling, astroturfing, brigading, gatekeeping, and all kinds of political campaigning on the 'net, the devastating consequences of which are only now seen by the general public. Though I have to say that I've personally seen ML invading conferences not related to ML per se, with over half of submissions employing ML techniques to random problems in the primary field which however were in itself clearly of no interest to the presenter and only a vehicle for their graduation even more than usual. So I'm admitting to see MLer as mostly in it for advancing their careers; glad to be convinced otherwise.