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   "text": "Verifiers stake proportionally smaller amounts of reputation tokens than workers, because their higher reputation scores make them less likely to be malicious actors.",
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   "text": "Agents that internalize error costs develop patterns of prioritization and risk calibration that approach prudent judgment, without any requirement of consciousness or embodiment.",
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