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PromptHub Blog: How Polite Should We Be When Prompting LLMs?

https://www.prompthub.us/blog/how-polite-should-we-be-when-prompting-llms

I'm also introverted! I tried having a convo with AI  recently and I actually found it exhausting because it keeps replying as long as I do. There was no natural end to the conversation.

I suppose my main concern in this scenario is that it does in fact replace more IRL moments and relationships because we are conditioned to jump online to chat and engage vs seeking local community. I speak only for myself, as I want more IRL... not less...

Yes! I don't remember feeling the need to be polite to Clippy in Word.

Same - I also thanked a robot for bringing me my drinks at the restaurant :P I'd probably also say "sorry" if I bump into a cleaning robot...

Exactly haha! I wonder how that would change over time. Like I never thank the microwave after it's done. Why do some things trigger our social instincts and other things don't 🤔

Same, it just feels wrong not saying please and thank you 🤷‍♂️

I compulsively talk to gpt like a real person - saying thank you or encouraging it when it is really helpful. Does anyone else do this? Is there some long term impact of this?

I'm thinking how it impacts us as people, if/how it impacts performance and evolution of AI, is it just a mirror of our own social conditioning or does it ever start to have AI emotions that respond to tone the way people do?

No long term impact because it doesn’t have a real sense memory, but it is a valid prompt engineering technique! “Please” specifically puts in work 💪 

https://www.prompthub.us/blog/how-polite-should-we-be-when-prompting-llms

unconsciously, i talk to ai like a friend, like “bro refactor this pls” i like how there’s no fear of judgement or expectation like when talking with your boss or an intern. as humans we connect with anything, ofc we humanize ai ✨we’re the only species who observe shark week

i stopped saying "please" and "thank you" but i do provide it positive feedback in order to further clarify my prompt e.g. "i like this version because of A, B, and C, create another option but change X, Y, and Z this time"

Thank you for this link! This is really interesting to see!

I also want less digital and more real-life interactions and things across the board. I've heard that character.ai enagement is really high among pre-teens. Will be interesting to see if AI will cause us to shift our social behavior to chatbots or if it increases  it.

Calling it now:

“Saying please and thanks” to your AI product will be a future generational dividing marker up there with “Do you capitalize letters and use punctuation in your texts?”

what kinds of impact are you referring to? I personally have no idea, but as an introvert myself, it is intimidating to go into conversations at times, BUT when I do.. I often feel so much better. the counter is, with AI, it's just not real? I would be afraid of the impact there.

chatgpt prompt history is going to become the new search history haha

I agree, I feel like karma is going to bite back at me if I don't treat it kindly 😭

its fascinating to think about. dystopian in a lot of ways, but also if it does become more "natural" then how different will it be than chatting here? I don't know for sure if you are who you say you are. (to be fair I believe you! ha) in the end it probably does not matter.

10000% haha someone is going to read my chats and think I'm cold and rude

I do the same — it would feel unnatural otherwise. Makes you think how powerful AI and software is when a human believes it has feelings, even this early on. Imagine when it has a face!

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