The main indicator that a project is not pumped full of bots is to see what kind of community it has. If it is active, it means that people believe in the project and it is likely to be an interesting one.
I can tell you about one example, the Amulet Protocol project. It's a project I'm in right now, first of all it's a very promising and fundamental project, second it has a very active community and no bots.
Amulet Protocol, it is a decentralized risk protection protocol for the Rust-based ecosystem.
The project is developing rapidly, I suggest you take a closer look.