Treating a chatbot nicely might boost its performance — here’s why

People are more likely to do something if you ask nicely. That’s a fact most of us are well aware of. But do generative AI models behave the same way?
To a point.
Phrasing requests in a certain way — meanly or nicely — can yield better results with chatbots like ChatGPT than prompting in a more neutral tone. One user on Reddit claimed that incentivizing ChatGPT with a $100,000 reward spurred it to “try way harder” and “work way better.” Other Redditors say they’ve noticed a difference in the quality of answers when they’ve expressed politeness toward the chatbot.

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