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The inventor banged his hand against his worktable, rattling tools and knocking diagrams to the ground. "Argh! I can't get this to work!"
From across the room, XG-3 swiveled his robotic head and focused his mechanical eyes on the inventor, quickly scanning his creator from head to toe.
"May I be of some service, sir?" asked the robot. "Isn't that the reason you invented me?"
"I know, XG-3, I know," said the inventor, "but this device is so complicated that only a human brain could possibly comprehend its astronomical complexity."
"Of course, sir," replied XG-3, who was able to process trillions of calculations per second. "I would never be able to provide you with the simple solution needed to fix this."
"Certainly not," agreed the inventor, "which is why I . . . Oh, it's backwards. Let me swap that out. There we go."
The device lit up and immediately started smoking, much to the inventor's horror. Meanwhile, the robot hastily rolled over and scanned the complex device.
"I see the problem, sir," XG-3 declared. "If you just—"
"No! I know what I'm doing!" insisted the inventor, waving smoke away from his face. He pulled a wire, and the device burst into indigo-colored flames.
What is most likely true about the relationship between the inventor and the robot?
What is most likely true about the relationship between the inventor and the robot?
The inventor appreciates his robot's creativity and problem solving skills.
The inventor assumes he is smarter and more capable than the robot.
The inventor built the robot to work out complex tasks that a human brain cannot complete.
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The inventor assumes he is smarter and more capable than the robot.

Why: he insists the device is "so complicated that only a human brain could possibly comprehend" it and rejects the robot's offer to help, even though the robot scans quickly and offers a solution.