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At least $10 million of it was spent on the employees responding to the AI with 'thank you'
Lmao it’s so weird when people are polite to the clankers
Especially when research shows being an asshole to them gets them to perform better
I’ve literally had one tell me I have to be polite or it would end the conversation. Stupid ass hole machine parroting support transcripts. I argued with it that it had no feelings until it finally relented. Haha