# So... How does one actually use AI? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Tags:** ai\ **Created:** [February 20, 2026, 3:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-how-does-one-actually-use-ai/1027842 "2026-02-20T03:06:13Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 209
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We have/had a whole thread about that… > [@How well do you treat AI? Are you kind to it?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-well-do-you-treat-ai-are-you-kind-to-it/1016555): > > This isn’t a question about [what AI can do for you](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ai-transforming-work-and-work-life-actual-examples/998292/) (or [how to tag it](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-ai-tag-automatic-can-we-limit-it-to-discussions-actually-about-ai/1016533/)), but how you treat it in response. Do you say please and thank you? When it makes a mistake, do you gently correct it or angrily yell at it? Do you behave differently when in text vs voice mode? Even if you don’t think the chatbots actually have feelings right now, do you still treat them as an equal? Out of sheer habit, perhaps? Or maybe the fear that they may one day soon become sentient and remember your previous conversa… --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-how-does-one-actually-use-ai/1027842)._