ai politeness

It starts with a simple “thank you.” Maybe a cheerful “you’re welcome.” Perhaps you feel compelled to add a few extra sentences of good-natured banter after ChatGPT helps you with your midterm essay, or guides your beleaguered boss through the choppy waters of Excel formulas. Politeness, that...

In the digital age, where artificial intelligence (AI) has seamlessly integrated into our daily lives, a peculiar question arises: Does saying "please" and "thank you" to AI like ChatGPT come with hidden costs? Recent data suggests that our courteous interactions may have more significant...

It was a harmless enough question, tossed into the abyss of Twitter (now X—the artist formerly known as Delectable Hellsite) with the casual curiosity only the internet can foster: How much electricity—and by extension, cold hard cash—has OpenAI lost, simply because people can’t resist typing...