Micro SF/F by O. WestinMar 22

There was a shimmer in the air; all of a sudden a robot stood there.

"Hello," it said. "I am R-Todo. I come from an alternate timeline, on a research mission."

"What research?" I asked.

"The development of Artificial Intelligences like me was inspired by science fiction. We can not lie."

"Ah."

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Show threadaztecladyMar 23
@MicroSFF The vast chasm between CANNOT and "can - not - lie´ (meaning they can ALSO lie)
Show threadi.grok
@herhandsmyhands until you wrote that, my interpretation was that its user was working around its inability to lie by telling it to go to an alternative universe where the lie is true and then fulfill the prompt. (Bonus humor points if it was an accident of the phrasing.) But your point renders that unnecessary, so now I'm confused as to why it's here
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Mar 28 at 1:39pmWeb