The FAIK Files

Civility & Other Dangerous Games

Apr 25, 2025
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ANECDOTE

Altman on Polite ChatGPT Use

  • Sam Altman admits saying "please" and "thank you" to ChatGPT wastes millions of dollars in computing power.
  • He tweets it's "tens of millions of dollars well spent," though mostly tongue-in-cheek.
INSIGHT

Most People Are Polite to AI

  • A TechRadar survey finds 67% of people are polite to AI assistants like ChatGPT, mainly out of kindness or fear of a robot uprising.
  • This habitual politeness, though common, contributes to unnecessary compute and power usage.
INSIGHT

Low Human Deepfake Detection Rates

  • Studies show people can detect deepfakes only about 21.6% of the time even when warned to watch for them.
  • This indicates widespread difficulty in distinguishing real from synthetic content visually.
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