I am polite to Siri. I say please and thank you. My kids make fun of me, but it is hardwired in me.

Now there is proof that being kind to ChatGPT may yield better search results. While this @WSJ article talks about the research and discussions happening across the internet right now, I am hopeful that perhaps this starts a trend. Can AI retrain humanity to be kinder to each other? I hope so.

While we're at it, can it also train people to write again? Probably not, but I'll just take a bump on the politeness scale. And to the engineers who somehow included this important value in the code, thank you.