{"id":47743,"date":"2026-09-24T20:21:18","date_gmt":"2026-09-25T00:21:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.ckms.ca\/?p=47743"},"modified":"2026-09-24T20:21:18","modified_gmt":"2026-09-25T00:21:18","slug":"why-i-am-polite-to-robots-even-chatbots","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.ckms.ca\/?p=47743","title":{"rendered":"why i am polite to robots. even chatbots!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

i say “Hi1” and “please” and “thanks!” to gemini+; why do?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

when\/if the robots take over, they’ll look on me favourably. like kent brockman sez:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Welcome to our new $new-overlords$ overlords!1<\/a><\/sup>which i think is dumb… what you really want is to use the cuyrrently defined $overloads$, but this would need to done before using the variables. or maybe you make $overlords$ and $new-overlords$ and it’s makde same as soon as it’s official.<\/span>\n\n\n

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    which i think is dumb… what you really want is to use the cuyrrently defined $overloads$, but this would need to done before using the variables. or maybe you make $overlords$ and $new-overlords$ and it’s makde same as soon as it’s official.<\/div><\/li><\/ul>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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