With certain biases, yes. But I don’t see how the hive mine can be truly representative given that the people building foundational models work for a few companies, in a few locations, and so on. There’s also the issue of access to internet which will leave some populations’ views underrepresented.

Perhap that wouldn't need us. "AI"s could already link through their web slop.

… so, the Internet? As read to us by a hallucinating magpie?

Just ask Reddit

Betteridge's law almost certainly applies.