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Exactly!
I'm a parent, and I set a good example by being incredibly respectful to people, whether it's the cashier at the grocery store, their teacher at school, or a police officer. I show the same respect because I'm talking to a person.
When I'm talking to a machine, I'm direct without any respect because the goal is to clearly indicate intent. "Alexa play " or "Hey Google, what's ?" They're tools, and there is zero value in being polite to a machine, it just adds more chances for the machine to misinterpret me.
Kids are capable of understanding that you act differently in different situations. They're super respectful to their teachers, they don't bother with that w/ their peers, and us as parents are somewhere in between. I don't want my kids to associate AI/LLMs more with their teachers than their pencils. They're tools, and their purpose is to be used efficiently.