Mike chats with Daily Telegraph columnist Tim Blair about his latest opinion piece, where he tackles everything from artificial intelligence to acknowledgments—and argues it’s time to say no to the high cost of excessive politeness.

Inspired by OpenAI boss Sam Altman’s claim that his company has lost “tens of millions of dollars” from users adding “please” and “thank you” to ChatGPT prompts, Blair takes a wry look at the modern obsession with sad manners.

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