Poison | In The Machine

You can read about this specific cultural critique in academic literature like Chapter 2 of the Cambridge University book No Future: Punk as Cultural Critique .

If the query was actually regarding a on computer science or artificial intelligence (where an attacker "poisons" an AI model), that is referred to as Data Poisoning or Poisoning Attacks Against Machine Learning . Several landmark papers on this include:

A massive 2025 study by Anthropic, the UK AISI, and the Alan Turing Institute titled "Poisoning Attacks on LLMs Require a Near-constant Number of Poison Samples" . Poison In The Machine

Sex Pistols: Poison in the Machine (Published 2017 by Reaktion Books / distributed by the University of Chicago Press ).

For a broad look at the math and mechanics behind these attacks, read the ACM survey A Comprehensive Survey on Poisoning Attacks and Countermeasures in Machine Learning Systems. You can read about this specific cultural critique

It is also analyzed in research examining early 1980s music scenes, such as the open-access paper on UK82 and Punk Zines . 3. Did You Mean "Data Poisoning" in Machine Learning?

If seeking the biographical and cultural study of the legendary punk band, there is a published book by music historian John Scanlan. Sex Pistols: Poison in the Machine (Published 2017

240 pages including extensive research, rare photographs, and citations.