And there is a limit to what the bots will provide....it most likely wont get them to the upper levels of posts.
And even if it does, so what....you need to focus upon contribution...it is not a competition but a cooperation.
As time goes by, it is possible those people reap what they sow....with enough people with our mindset, those people could be shunned. It is a matter of contribution not taking.
But in the communities of my country everyone is talking about bots and money, which bot is the best how to earn more money and they are succeeding and I don't think this is good at all for this community. I think we can jointly create some good bot like steemcleaner and downvote all the posts upvoted by those bots. What do you think of it ?