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When the android can't prioritize anything above their main task, then it does not matter that they are theoretically able to engage in social activities. They wouldn't be allowed to, because doing so would divert resources from their main task.

Every microsecond spent on social interaction is a microsecond not spent to perform their task. Every CPU cycle used to ponder social relationships is a cycle not used on pondering how to acquire more matter and energy. An individual which only has one single purpose in life and does not care about anything else does not have much of a personality.

The androids are also at risk of becoming paperclip maximizers: AI's which is so focused on performing their primary function that they ignore any moral and ethical restrictions and even start to act against the underlying purpose for which they were given that function in the first place. A common countermeasure is to make the first priority of every AI to do no harm and make any other priorities secondary.

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