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 .
This book takes a detailed look at the band's manager, Malcolm McLaren, and his vision for the band. It explores his plan to destabilize the music industry from the inside out—acting literally as a "poison in the machine". Poison In The Machine
240 pages including extensive research, rare photographs, and citations. You can read about this specific cultural critique
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" . For a broad look at the math and
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.