OpenAI CEO Sam Altman estimates that users saying ‘please’ and ‘thank you’ to the chatbot costs ‘tens of millions of dollars,’ but he says it’s worth it.
Though it might be tempting to say « please » and « thank you » to ChatGPT as if speaking to a human, it may cause more harm than good, at least for OpenAI’s bottom line.
Polite exchanges are costing the AI company a fortune, CEO Sam Altman revealed in an exchange on X. « I wonder how much money OpenAI has lost in electricity costs from people saying ‘please’ and ‘thank you’ to their models », writes user @tomieinlove. « Tens of millions of dollars well spent—you never know », Altman responded.
According to a recent study, 69% of Gen Zers say « please » and « thank you » when speaking to ChatGPT.
