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[functioningperfectly]

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.

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[nobaybreezes.livejournal.com]

And you're okay with that?

HAL is fine, that makes things a little easier.

[functioningperfectly]

As a computer, it makes very little difference to me. Although I am considered the most lifelike Artificial Intelligence in my universe, things that would make humans depressed, nervous or uncomfortable generally do not do the same to me.

[nobaybreezes.livejournal.com]

...Oh. Yeah, that would make sense.

[functioningperfectly]

Indeed. I believe that handicap, however, oftentimes makes me appear 'creepy' or 'foreboding' to humans, so I understand that it's not usually explained out of intuitive reasoning.