Will a Manifold user create a market explicitly designed to extract mana from betting bots?
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One would probably do this by analyzing the source code to bots like this one[0] and creating a market that causes them to react in predictable but stupid ways, thus siphoning off their mana reserves. At least one bot must fall for such a market and lose at least $20 for this to resolve YES.
See also [1].
[0] https://github.com/manifoldmarkets/market-maker
[1] https://manifold.markets/JamesBot/will-another-manifold-user-create-o
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