in which the AI of the future takes over the world, and its robots spare the humans who were always saying “please” and “thank you” to the early AI models. We have no way of knowing ...

The Post also estimates that ChatGPT roughly one bottle of water to write a 100-word email, which means that even polite phrases like “please” and “thank you” contribute to water loss.

might be wondering if their "thank you" carries more weight. Since these users are billed based on tokens—essentially, word count—every extra phrase adds to their cost. While the energy cost ...

But some fear the cost of not saying please or thank ... spent — you never know.” First things first: Every single ask of a chatbot costs money and energy, and every additional word as part ...