Comment by embedding-shape

> It wasn't a shot at you personally

No shots fired, as far as I'm aware, so np :)

> they are finding people that have some social following and will happily pocket couple extra green bills to present AI products in a positive light with little to no actual proof.

No doubt about it, I don't think people realize how pervasive this really is though, people still sometimes tell me they trusted something on HN/reddit just because it was the most upvoted answer, or that they chose a product based on what was mentioned the most etc.