The Financial Impact of Politeness Toward Artificial Intelligence
April 23, 2025
Sam Altman, CEO of OpenAI, revealed that politeness towards ChatGPT costs the company tens of millions of dollars. Despite environmental concerns, most Americans prefer to be polite to chatbots, believing it's the right thing to do or trying to avoid negative consequences from AI. Good behavior can lead to more collaborative responses from AI models. However, the energy required for generating responses has significant environmental repercussions.