Why bots which can't read a ladder can play rated games?

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Proposal: Bot games are not rated

It might seem worthwhile have bot games be not be rated. There are ways to win against a bot that are just utilizing some blind spot/glitch. The false wins will throw off rankings/ratings for the person exploiting and have ripple effects on others rankings/ratings that they have played. See for example: https://lifein19x19.com/viewtopic.php?p=256352#p256352 We all know newer bots such as LeelaZero, KataGo, etc. are beyond humans and there seems to be little gained by having them effect rankin…

I saw gennan mention this thread from last year.