GOING TO BE OUT THERE. WELL, MANY OF US GREW UP BEING TOLD TO SAY PLEASE AND THANK YOU. BUT A FOURTH GRADER IN SANTA FE NOTICED THAT THESE DAYS PEOPLE JUST AREN’T SAYING AND SAYING IT ENOUGH AND ...

Saying "please" and "thank you" to ChatGPT emerged primarily as a form of social etiquette combined with a superstition that, one day, an AI overlord might be able to know if you were nice to it or ...

I'm getting on in years, so it surprises me when I learn something new regarding a commonplace of human interaction. Saying "please" and "thank you" is as commonplace as it gets. We're told from early ...

Death Cab for Cutie has a new album out. It’s called Thank You for Today, and — shocker — it’s a metal record. Just kidding. In fact, Thank You is exactly what we expect, and many of us have come to ...

I recently wrote in this paper to ask our legislative leaders to choose to invest in our children, our families and our workforce. I asked them to keep Alaska’s promise to families across the state ...

In many cultures, “please” and “thank you” are essential expressions of politeness that lubricate social interactions and promote cooperation and reciprocation. “Please” is a shortened form of the ...

ChatGPT is so convincingly human-like in its responses that it almost feels rude not to say “please” and “thank you” to the AI chatbot, especially when it’s helping with a tricky email or prepping you ...

Should you say 'please' and 'thank you' to an AI chatbot, even though these essentially feel like redundancies when talking to a machine? This is the question that most users of AI chatbots have been ...

Is barking orders at our AI-powered voice assistants turning us into jerks? Are our kids growing accustomed to commanding the Google Homes and Siris of the world to turn on the lights without the ...