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   "text": "Existing decentralized gamification attempts for micro task workers fail because they are monodimensional and permit earning only by playing the game, whereas a multidimensional design gives players several ways to earn and builds stronger loyalty.",
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   "text": "The reputation systems of SingularityNET, Fetch.ai, Ocean Protocol, Numeraire, and DcentAI are structurally insufficient for a fully decentralized Mechanical Turk model of large-scale AI dataset creation, offering only incremental innovation.",
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