If looking for academic papers discussing this exact phrase, it is widely cited in cultural geography and musicology to describe punk's attempt to use commercial systems to destroy them from within.
2. The Concept: "Poison in the Machine" (Cultural Critique Papers)
Could you clarify if you are looking for the or papers regarding cybersecurity in machine learning ? Poisoning Attacks Against Machine Learning Poison In The Machine
The famous paper on prompt-specific attacks by Shan et al., Nightshade: Prompt-Specific Poisoning Attacks on Text-to-Image Generative Models .
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" . If looking for academic papers discussing this exact
If seeking the biographical and cultural study of the legendary punk band, there is a published book by music historian John Scanlan.
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. Poisoning Attacks Against Machine Learning The famous paper
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?