Today I was wondering about the way we interact with AI.
I think it's quite awkward to say hello to a bot, not to mention saying please and thank you.
In writing it feels like it's a little bit too much.
At the same time, prompts by voice are different. If you get a "human-like" response spoken out loud, it seems much more natural to approach the conversation as if that person is an actual person.
However, there is ups and downs, as with everything. What's particularly interesting is that being polite is "costly" in terms of the electricity bill, because everything that does not specifically contribute to a prompt does not necessarily add to the output of what it is your prompting to AI, but it does require lots of energy when all the the polite "Good mornings" and "'Thank you for your help's" on a global scale accumulate.
Still, I personally believe the price of becoming less polite and respectful in our communication would eventually come at a much higher price (and there is already so much to improve on this to begin with). What are your thoughts on this?
Do you talk to AI as if it was a human (🔥) or as a bot (❄️) who doesn't care about your manners?