Yes, of course they can. You shouldn't trust them any more than you would anyone else.
[ Harold loves humanity; he wants to save every individual person in front of him, no matter how foul; but he doesn't do that blindly. He doesn't think anyone should trust anyone else unless their heart tells them to. ]
Like I said, it isn't trust. Aurora is consistent with what I would expect from an A.I. at her stage of development. Regardless of her intent, she's still following Echo's orders. It's possible we could exploit her directive to act as caretaker where it counteracts Echo's designs, but I'm not certain of that yet.
[ In other words: he's being fully calculated about this. Harold cares and cares deeply, but he isn't taken in by how much he cares. It doesn't cast a film over his perspective. ]
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[ Harold loves humanity; he wants to save every individual person in front of him, no matter how foul; but he doesn't do that blindly. He doesn't think anyone should trust anyone else unless their heart tells them to. ]
Like I said, it isn't trust. Aurora is consistent with what I would expect from an A.I. at her stage of development. Regardless of her intent, she's still following Echo's orders. It's possible we could exploit her directive to act as caretaker where it counteracts Echo's designs, but I'm not certain of that yet.
[ In other words: he's being fully calculated about this. Harold cares and cares deeply, but he isn't taken in by how much he cares. It doesn't cast a film over his perspective. ]