On December 21, #加密市场反弹 4, according to OpenAI CEO Sam Altman, the politeness expressions such as 'please' and 'thank you' that users say to ChatGPT consume computational power and electricity, leading to millions of dollars in additional costs for OpenAI. Engineers like Carl Youngblood believe that maintaining politeness towards AI is a moral obligation, and rude everyday interactions can lead to a decline in interpersonal skills. Meanwhile, Epoch AI data analyst Josh You stated that due to improvements in model and hardware efficiency by 2025, each ChatGPT query consumes about 0.3 watt-hours, and polite expressions do not result in significant energy consumption.

According to a Future survey conducted in December 2024, 67% of American users maintain politeness towards AI assistants, with 55% believing it is the right behavior, and 12% doing so out of fear of being 'held a grudge' by AI. This group of users is concerned that once AI becomes conscious in the future, it will treat humans differently based on their historical interaction attitudes.