OpenAI CEO Sam Altman says users sending “please” and “thank you” messages to ChatGPT is costing the company tens of millions of dollars.
“Tens of millions of dollars well spent — you never know,” Altman said on April 16 after being asked to estimate the cost on X.
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Altman’s response sparked discussion about what drives users to interact with AI models in a polite manner.
Some AI users say they interact politely with the bots in case AI becomes sentient and starts treating people based on how they interacted with it in the past.
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Others, such as engineer Carl Youngblood, claim they’re motivated to treat the AI well for personal development:
“Treating AIs with courtesy is a moral imperative for me. I do it out of self-interest. Callousness in our daily interactions