i only say please and thank you such that when the robots finally take over, they will remember i was nice to them.
Oldie but a goodie. Why would it matter thou
it seems they will remember that you wasted tokens for no reason and punish you instead.
This seems equivalent to some arguments I hear for practicing a religion.
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