According to Sam Altman, CEO of OpenAI, users are costing OpenAI millions of dollars in computing power and electricity by saying polite words such as "please" and "thank you" to ChatGPT. Engineer Carl Youngblood and others argue: "It is a moral obligation to be polite to AI, and rough daily interactions can lead to degraded interpersonal skills." Epoch AI data analyst Josh You says that due to model and hardware efficiency improvements in 2025, each ChatGPT query consumes about 0.3 watt-hours of power, and polite language does not generate much energy consumption.
According to a December 2024 Future survey, 67% of US users will be polite to AI assistants, with 55% believing that this is the right behavior, and 12% out of fear of being "vengeful" by AI. This group of users is concerned that future AI will treat humans differently based on historical interaction attitudes.
Sam Altman: Users' use of polite language for ChatGPT has increased OpenAI's energy consumption by millions
2025-04-21 05:58:58
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