Open AI boss Altman himself pointed out that addressing “please” and “thank you” cost a lot of money. This amount is to go to tens of millions of dollars.
Information that being nice by Chatbot users for its artificial interlocutors appeared on the portal X, formerly known as Twitter.
How much do “please” and “thank you”
One of its users wrote “I wonder how much money OpenAI lost on electricity costs because people say 'please' and 'thank you' to their models.” A day later, Altman, the general director of Opeli, wrote back to him.
“Tens of millions of dollars well spent – you never know” – was Altman's answer.
There are benefits from being nice to AI
Generative artificial intelligence is widely seen as very energy -consuming, especially in the case of training models.
However, there is a plus. Kurtis Beavers, director of the Microsoft Copilot project team, stated in an entry published on Microsoft Worklab that “the use of the basic label during interaction with AI” helps generate “generating” full of respect, joint results “.
Beavers also stated that generative artificial intelligence corresponds to the same level of professionalism, clarity and detail that he gets in queries from the user. He noted that being kind to your chatbot AI “not only ensures that you will receive the same kindness in return, but also improves AI's responsiveness and performance.”
Openai head of Altman himselfSebastian Gollnow/DPA/PAP/EPA
Why are people (un) mile to AI?
According to the portal USA In December 2024, the British publisher “Future” conducted a study, which showed that most people using chatbots and generative artificial intelligence applied kindly to them. In the US, this percentage was 67 percent. people, and in Great Britain – 71 percent
The study conducted on over 1,000 people showed that among those who were rude to AI, about two -thirds of people as a reason indicated the conciseness. In addition, about 12 percent respondents claim that they are kind for fear of future consequences.
Source of the main photo: Sebastian Gollnow/DPA/PAP/EPA