Why we say 'please' and 'thank you' to ChatGPT — the interface is changing
Olivier__OG · x · 2026-09-17
Commenting on a joke video about being polite to AI for future protection, the author notes the humor works because so many people already talk to ChatGPT like another person — saying please, thanking, apologizing. Not because models have feelings, but because conversational AI has become social enough to trigger human instincts. The real signal: we're building relationships with machines through language, not just clicking buttons.
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