Small habits with AI can quietly shape how we perceive and trust it.

Relational language encourages us to treat AI as something more than a tool.

Perceived connection can reduce objectivity and increase reliance on AI responses.

AI generates convincing responses without awareness, intention, or emotional understanding.

I was definitely one of those people who said “Please” and “Thank you” to AI while interacting with it. On a recent podcast, I was asked if I use manners in case AI takes over the world. The question made me realize something: I'd stopped saying please and thank you to AI months ago, and not because I'd decided it won't take over.

I'd recognized that using manners was changing how I thought about........

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