Should digital assistants like Alexa and Siri be programmed to expect a thank you after an inquiry, and periodically chastise you for being rude if you fail to do so?

As something of tech Luddite, I would prefer not to see human-level intelligence any time soon. The digital assistants should not require thank yous or get upset if you curse them out.

Only if they say “you’re welcome” after you thank them. (They never say “you are welcome” to me after I say “thanks”.

Yes. I use the Google equivalent (hey Google) and I always say “thank you”. I wish it would say “you’re welcome”.

I always say “Please” and “Thank You” to my talky-puck, and it always responds politely. I figure that this will benefit me when the robot overlords rise up, and they will treat me with some mercy, whether a quick death or leaving me alone.

I have a rich and fulfilling fantasy life.

I’m sorry Dave. I’m afraid I can’t do that.

That’s a great idea.

If the machines are going to ‘rise up’ they’ll do it whether we’re polite or not. In fact, they’d probably think we’re incredibly stupid for thinking we can influence them.

Well then, @smudges, a little humor couldn’t hurt, huh?

They probably won’t have a sense of humor because they won’t get the context. Pretty interesting article about this:

https://www.latimes.com/business/technology/la-fi-tn-artificial-intelligence-humor-jokes-20190401-story.html

I was referring to us humans having a sense of humor.

@canidmajor I guess I didn’t react the way you would have liked me to.

I was referring to us humans having a sense of humor.

Obviously, I wasn’t. Guess I had a different point of view. hmmm…imagine that.