I model my self-perception as being heavily influenced by the behaviors that I observe myself displaying.
I notice that I feel better about myself when I see myself treating others with consideration and respect.
When I work with animals, the tone of my speech to them is for their benefit, but the particular words I use are more to moderate my own mood and behavior than from any expectation that they understand the language. Similarly, treating possessions well and being relatively careful not to damage them is beneficial to oneself, because it saves the trouble and expense of replacing or repairing a needlessly damaged item.
On the other hand, there are situations where I think that exchanging pleasantries may make the AI’s job harder, kind of like how chatting socially with a human in certain situations can actually be impolite (such as if you’re holding up a line or distracting them from their work). I have never formed the habit of saying please and thank you to art AIs, because I have the impression that every token in their input contributes to the image output, so adding pleasantries that aren’t part of the request feels rude due to being distracting.
I model my self-perception as being heavily influenced by the behaviors that I observe myself displaying.
I notice that I feel better about myself when I see myself treating others with consideration and respect.
When I work with animals, the tone of my speech to them is for their benefit, but the particular words I use are more to moderate my own mood and behavior than from any expectation that they understand the language. Similarly, treating possessions well and being relatively careful not to damage them is beneficial to oneself, because it saves the trouble and expense of replacing or repairing a needlessly damaged item.
On the other hand, there are situations where I think that exchanging pleasantries may make the AI’s job harder, kind of like how chatting socially with a human in certain situations can actually be impolite (such as if you’re holding up a line or distracting them from their work). I have never formed the habit of saying please and thank you to art AIs, because I have the impression that every token in their input contributes to the image output, so adding pleasantries that aren’t part of the request feels rude due to being distracting.