🤖 AI Politeness Price Tag: The Cost of Being Nice to ChatGPT

Discover the surprising financial impact of human courtesy in AI interactions. OpenAI CEO Sam Altman reveals that users saying 'please' and 'thank you' to ChatGPT is costing the company tens of millions in computing resources. Despite the hefty price tag, OpenAI sees this as a worthwhile investment in maintaining social norms. The episode explores the fascinating tension between human etiquette and AI efficiency, raising important questions about how we should interact with AI assistants as they become more integrated into our daily lives.

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Today we're exploring a fascinating revelation from OpenAI CEO Sam Altman about the hidden costs of AI politeness. It turns out being courteous to our AI assistants comes with quite a price tag. According to Altman, people saying 'please' and 'thank you' to ChatGPT is costing the company tens of millions of dollars in extra computing resources.

Every single word processed by ChatGPT requires computational power, and when multiplied across billions of conversations worldwide, even these small courtesies add up significantly. When questioned about these costs on social media, Altman's response was notably positive, calling it 'tens of millions of dollars well spent.'

This raises interesting questions about the intersection of human behavior and AI interaction. Should we maintain human social conventions when talking to AI, even at a substantial cost? Or should we adopt a more utilitarian approach? The fact that OpenAI seems willing to absorb these costs suggests they value maintaining these social norms in human-AI interactions.

As we continue to integrate AI more deeply into our daily lives, these questions of etiquette and interaction costs will likely become increasingly relevant.

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