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The Most Expensive โ€œThank Youโ€ in Tech History ๐Ÿ”ฅ Turns out, saying โ€œthank youโ€ to ChatGPT costs millions. Literally. Sam Altman just revealed that OpenAI spends tens of millions of dollars processing tiny, polite phrases like โ€œthank youโ€ and โ€œplease.โ€ They seem short. Sweet. But they burn compute like crazy. Even a casual โ€œYouโ€™re welcomeโ€ isn't free. It comes with a price tag and a splash of environmental cost (think: water-cooled servers). Why? Because large language models donโ€™t run on good vibes they run on massive data centers. Still, OpenAI doesnโ€™t plan to remove them. Why? Because these polite exchanges matter. They humanize the experience. Build trust. Make AI feel less like code and more like a companion. But thatโ€™s a double-edged sword. Researchers from OpenAI and MIT are raising red flags emotional dependence, withdrawal symptoms, the works. Turns out, the more human AI feelsโ€ฆ the more it messes with our humanity. And here's the kicker: premium users technically pay per word. So is that โ€œthank youโ€ genuine? Or justโ€ฆ premium politeness? We're entering a weird era Where empathy is engineered, And manners have a monetary footprint. Welcome to the age of emotionally intelligent machines. Just remember: even kindness has a carbon cost. You never know if... they will appreciate it on Terminator 2 Judgment Day...

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