question about AI interaction in contact harv

i was reading contact harvest and a sene form the book confused me. it sound like the AI mack ask the sif to “have relation with him.” i am not sure it that tru. but you can intrprete it that way

“How did you get access to
this data?”
“Well, that would be thing number two.” Mack put on his hat, pulled off one of his greasestained leather work gloves, and extended his hand. "But for that, you’re gonna have to comeall the way in."

Sif stared down at Mack’s cracked and calloused palm. What he was suggesting simply
wasn’t done. Memory leaks, code corruption—there were a million very good reasons why an
AI never accessed another’s core logic.
“Don’t worry,” Mack said. “It’s safe.”
“No,” Sif said flatly

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