{"id":664011,"date":"2025-04-20T20:30:23","date_gmt":"2025-04-20T17:30:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/your-politeness-could-be-costly-for-openai\/"},"modified":"2025-04-20T20:30:23","modified_gmt":"2025-04-20T17:30:23","slug":"your-politeness-could-be-costly-for-openai","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/your-politeness-could-be-costly-for-openai\/","title":{"rendered":"Your politeness could be costly for OpenAI"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p id=\"speakable-summary\" class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cI wonder how much money OpenAI has lost in electricity costs from people saying \u2018please\u2019 and \u2018thank you\u2019 to their models.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It was a <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/tomieinlove\/status\/1912287012058722659\">seemingly random question<\/a> posed by a user on X (formerly <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/social-mediaa\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\" title=\"Social Media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Twitter<\/a>), but OpenAI CEO Sam Altman <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/sama\/status\/1912646035979239430\">jumped in to reply<\/a> that typing those words has added up to \u201ctens of millions of dollars well spent \u2014 you never know.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Judging from Altman\u2019s tongue-in-cheek tone, it\u2019s probably safe to assume he didn\u2019t do a precise calculation. But his response prompted Futurism to <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/futurism.com\/altman-please-thanks-chatgpt\">speculate about whether it\u2019s actually a waste of time<\/a> and electricity to be polite to ChatGPT and other generative AI chatbots.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">App<\/a>arently, being polite to AI isn\u2019t just an unnecessary habit, misplaced anthropomorphism, or fear of our future computer overlords. instead, <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/worklab\/why-using-a-polite-tone-with-ai-matters\">Kurt Beavers, a director on the design team for Microsoft Copilot, said<\/a> that \u201cusing polite language sets a tone for the response,\u201d and that when an AI model \u201cclocks politeness, it\u2019s more likely to be polite back.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">That said, <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.vice.com\/en\/article\/cursing-like-a-sailor-disables-googles-annoying-ai-overviews\/\">profanity has its uses<\/a>, too.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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