Comment on ChatGPT spends 'tens of millions of dollars' on people saying 'please' and 'thank you', but Sam Altman says it's worth it

• sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works ⁨5⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  would you be upset if you see some people beat up a chair?

  I do. Breaking something just because you’re upset is counter-productive and just creates waste, so it frustrates me.

  I also think being polite to an LLM is stupid and wasteful. Just be direct about what you need a response to and move on. Don’t be rude (that’s also counter-productive), just be direct. For example, “What’s the capital of Bulgaria?” instead of, “If you could be so kind, could you look up the capital of Bulgaria for me please? Thank you!” Using a tool efficiently is a way of showing it some level of respect.

  Tools are tools. Use and maintain them properly, and then move on to the next task.

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• thisbenzingring@lemmy.sdf.org ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  I see people beat up their things all the time without getting upset

  I don’t really care when someone smashes the door closed of their car

  or smashes their keyboard in frustration or tosses a pen that doesn’t work right

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  • My_IFAKs___gone@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    Perhaps you should feel concern for that person, because they’re resorting to violence to cope with their feelings of frustration. We’ve all done it and in my own experience, I don’t think I’ve ever come back to my senses feeling satisfaction that I had lost control. I usually feel some shame for the destruction I caused.

    Here is the problem: When you spend time thumping an inanimate object, like a pillow, or beating nonliving things in a rage room, you are conditioning yourself to quickly become aggressive next time your anxiety levels rise. So instead of opening up the escape valve on a pot of steam, you are rewarding your distressed feelings with the instant and ephemeral pleasure that comes from throwing dishes against a wall.

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