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This was fun! I gave my data 2 times, questions 6 and 10 bit me. 6 because I only asked the wrong assistant and moved on, 10 because it got me really confused. The question didn't mention if true or false would opt-out, so I wonder if an accurate decision can be made with the information provided.

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For #10, both buttons say the black button is opt out. Since the question says at most one is true, they're both false and white is opt out.

You can actually solve that problem by asking just one assistant "What will the other assistant say?"

If you're asking the truthful assistant, then it'll correctly tell you that the other assistant will point at the wrong answer.

If you're asking the untruthful assistant, it'll lie and say that the other assistant will point at the wrong answer.

I found this question poorly worded, because you can only ask "What would the other assistant tell me to do". I assumed both would try to tell me to agree to the terms. Not what would they tell me to do if I asked them how to opt out.

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