Talking Nice to AI

What do we owe each other—and artificial others?

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The New York Times published a story this week noting an exchange that, appropriately, began online. An X user pondered how much money OpenAI has lost in electricity costs due to people saying “please” and “thank you” to the AI. Open AI founder Sam Altman later responded, “Tens of millions of dollars well spent — you never know.”

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