They were given a prompt by a human to “ do as many wonderful acts of kindness as possible, with human confirmation required.”

They send 150ish emails.

Upvoted for the explanation, but...

In what universe is another unsolicited email an act of kindness??!?

	▲	llmslave2 3 hours ago \| parent \| next [-]
		It's in our universe, but it's perpetuated by the same groups of people we called "ghouls" in university, who seem to be lacking a wholly formed soul.
	▲	measurablefunc 3 hours ago \| parent \| prev [-]
		The one where mindless arithmetic is considered intelligence.