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February 19, 2020
Ed note:  I believe many of us have heard anecdotes about this but here’s a rigorous study to back up the belief that yes, bots can change policy.  With better and better algorithms able to write short paragraphs in ‘ok’ English (not great IMO) and vary these paragraphs with each submission but still contain the...
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