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Why do people ask “please” to an LLM is beyond me. It’s a machine, it does not care about politeness! Treat it as a machine ffs.


"Please" is for your sake, not the bot's.


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>Why do people ask “please” to an LLM

did you ever notice how your google-fu got worse over time, as google adapted their technology for the mass market? I predict your LLM-fu will also deteriorate.

I'm not saying "good for Google, what they did there", I'm talking about how you will experience the world.


So I don’t lose the habit when talking/writing to people


Because for some weird reason it tends to work.


Has this been properly analyzed?


Have a look at this analysis by @minimaxir about offering tips to LLMs: https://minimaxir.com/2024/02/chatgpt-tips-analysis/


Probably. By whom and to what end I have absolutely no clue.




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