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I haven't seen this question asked.
how can the results be trusted that they were actually interacting with real humans?
what's the percentage of bot-to-bot contamination?
this study looks more like a hacky farce that is only meant to bring attention to our manipulation and less like actual science.
any professional that puts their name on this steaming pile should be ashamed of themselves.
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