Sam Altman: Users' polite language when using ChatGPT has led OpenAI to increase energy consumption by millions of dollars

2025-04-21 14:02:21

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ChainCatcher news, according to OpenAI CEO Sam Altman, the politeness expressions like "please" and "thank you" used by users when interacting with ChatGPT are costing OpenAI millions of dollars in computing power and electricity. Engineer Carl Youngblood and others believe that "being polite to AI is a moral obligation, and rude daily interactions can lead to a degradation of interpersonal skills." EpochAI data analyst Josh You stated that due to improvements in model and hardware efficiency by 2025, each ChatGPT query consumes about 0.3 watt-hours, and polite expressions do not result in significant energy consumption.

According to a Future survey conducted in December 2024, 67% of American users remain polite to AI assistants, with 55% believing it is the right behavior, and 12% doing so out of concern that AI might "hold a grudge." This group of users worries that once AI develops consciousness in the future, it will treat humans differently based on their historical interaction attitudes.

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