Networks matter.
How about: Bots can bootstrap the illusion of valuable networks. People in search of entering valuable networks will fall for these.
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Sure as AI models get better and better, people will unknowingly communicate more and more with bots.
If I had to guess most of the bot networks on social media at the moment are government-run.
I was mainly referring to networking with well-connected, government-linked individuals if your goal is access to information, permits, subsidies, etc.