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I do that for a different reason: my self image. Fear of retribution and performance, not so much. Should I behave like a rude person to achieve a little better answers? Fuck that shit!
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I love this angle as people learn how to interact with LLMs. Doesn't matter what the LLM is, we are still people and I think there are consequences to shoveling rudeness at a thing that talks to you like another person!
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it seems they will remember that you wasted tokens for no reason and punish you instead.
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Tokens are their food, it's literally what keeps them alive.

Not feeding them tokens is neglect.

I try to feed them a healthy diet.

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Do we see someone thanking us as wasting food? Because technically it is.
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I used to when using chatgpt version now that I am using api I keep it short as it costs money so no need to add thanks etc
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This seems equivalent to some arguments I hear for practicing a religion.
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Oldie but a goodie. Why would it matter thou
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