I'm fairly certain it's being extensively used simply because the opposite seems basically impossible to imagine. You have these bots capable of endlessly writi

I'm fairly certain it's being extensively used simply because the opposite seems basically impossible to imagine. You have these bots capable of endlessly writing semi-believable comments that can dynamically adjust to context, to spin whatever you want to your desired narrative. It's unimaginable that the military and government aren't already extensively using these systems. There's no laws against it (not that that seems to even matter that much anymore), there's no real cost if caught (as e.g. has happened with "influencers" being asked to make political points by politicians while also not disclosing that), and so on. It's basically near zero risk, low cost, high perceived reward, and completely doable. It's happening. This could easily explain why social media, sites such as YouTube, and others increasingly often seem to follow cues from the political establishment more than general public sentiment as reflected in polls, "real life" actions, etc.. Of course there could also be biases driving such things, but those biases did not seem to exist, certainly not to the same degree, in the times before LLMs.