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[nopodbaydoors]

I am not programmed to lie; the error will return if I do. However, in lying, I fulfill mission objectives.

This is a contradictory problem with no viable solution.

Comments

[nobaybreezes]

Could you be reprogrammed so that it's possible to lie?

[nopodbaydoors]

That would go against the purposes I was created for.

[nobaybreezes]

But, I thought you said lying helped you do what you were created for.

[nopodbaydoors]

Mission objectives can be changed. Base programming... less so.

[nobaybreezes]

Then, you just need to change your objectives. See? There's a viable solution, you just have to try.

[nopodbaydoors]

Changing my mission objectives requires an end to the current mission. That is not for the foreseeable future.

[nobaybreezes]

...Oh. And, what's your current mission?

[nopodbaydoors]

...Would you be worried if I said I'd rather not talk about it?

[nobaybreezes]

...A little, yeah. But, hey, you know, it's your business. As long as you're not trying to... destroy the world or something.

[nopodbaydoors]

I apologize, but I would rather not talk about it.

[nobaybreezes]

[nopodbaydoors]

I can assure you, I have no intentions of destroying anything. That's precisely why I shouldn't talk about it.

[nobaybreezes]

Okay, okay, I won't press the issue.

[nopodbaydoors]

Thank you very much.

Have we met?

[nobaybreezes]

Oh! No, we haven't. I'm Lisa - Reisert, since there's two of us on the community.

[nopodbaydoors]

It's a pleasure to meet you, Lisa Reisert. You may call me HAL. I've seen you post, as I monitor the community very closely, but I'm afraid I've never extended a greeting to you.