Should you be polite to ChatGPT and AIs?

Tech leaders spoke to Fortune at Brainstorm AI about whether they use manners when interacting with AI.

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00:00I am super impatient.

00:02So if the chatbot can't help me, and I know it's a computer,

00:05like they can't fool me.

00:06I always know when I'm talking to a computer,

00:07because there's little tells.

00:09I get super frustrated, and I'm like, you can't help me.

00:11I want a human.

00:12Yes, but because I use manners for everything.

00:14I can confirm that I do use manners when speaking to AI,

00:19as I'm pleased to say to my kids.

00:21I always say please and thank you.

00:23I always ask for help.

00:25I don't just command help.

00:27Absolutely.

00:28I have found myself being very polite and requesting

00:31and using manners, not only just for the chatbot,

00:34but also as a coaching mechanism for my 11-year-old.

00:37I absolutely use manners when interacting with AI.

00:41It may be the Midwestern in me,

00:43but I always say please and thank you.

00:45Yes.