Approximately 70% of AI users treat AI with courtesy.

A survey of Americans and British people revealed that about 70% of the total respondents answered that they are polite when talking to AI. It also clarifies why people are as kind to emotionless machines as they are to humans.

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There are many AI chat services available, including ChatGPT, that respond to human questions with human-like responses, and they can be used for a wide range of purposes, such as talking to someone or getting work advice. When using these chat services, there are probably many people who end up asking questions in polite language.

Examples of politeness towards AI seem to be seen all over the world, with a survey conducted by publisher Future finding that 67% of Americans who use AI and 71% of British people who use AI said they would be polite when interacting with it.

Of the Americans who said they would be polite to AI, 82% said it was because it was the right thing to do, such as saying 'please' and 'thank you.' The remaining 12% said they were being polite in case the AI rebelled.

On the other hand, of those who answered that they 'would never be polite,' about 40% said that they 'cannot see the point in being polite,' and the rest answered that, 'When I ask an AI a question, I try to convey only the main points concisely.'

British people are slightly more likely to be polite than Americans: Of those who said they would be polite to an AI, 83% said it was because it was the right thing to do, while the remaining 17% said it was because they feared an AI rebellion.

Not all Brits are polite either, with a third of those who say they are not polite saying it's because they don't see the point, and the rest saying it's because they try to get to the point concisely.

'It's encouraging to see that users feel that being polite to AI is the right thing to do,' said Ben Wood, chief analyst at research firm CCS Insight. 'Personally, I think this is an important societal issue, because if it becomes acceptable to be rude to AI assistants, that behaviour will start to spill over into our interpersonal relationships.'

Meanwhile, John-Anthony DeSotto, an AI writer at TechRadar, a technology media outlet owned by Future, pointed out the example of the film 2001: A Space Odyssey , which depicts an AI rebellion, saying, 'There are unknown elements to how we interact with AI, and I think many people are unconsciously afraid of what the future will hold. The way to get AI on its side is to choose politeness.'

It is not certain whether AI will rebel, but being polite to AI seems to be somewhat effective, and it has been found that treating AI politely can improve the accuracy of its answers. This is because AI has learned to use polite language, so it is more likely to respond to polite language. It has also been pointed out that speaking to AI as if it were a human may increase the effectiveness.

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