Now I understand my wife… it all makes sense.

… I tell the pretty British lady voice on my Google assistant thank you.

I mean I certainly don’t want her to just stop doing what I need

It’s my understanding that, with LLMs, being polite can net better results because they’re trained off human interactions where being polite is better.

It’s not that they care at all, it’s just how language works.

I’ve not seen a study of the phenomenon or even tested it myself, but it seems plausible.