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> Polite language in human communications often garners more compliance and effectiveness, while rudeness can cause aversion, impacting response quality. We consider that LLMs mirror human communication traits, suggesting they align with human cultural norms.

It should be relatively easy to automatically rewrite prompts to exhibit the optimum level of politeness?

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I wonder. If the LLM suggests something really dumb, it might be more effective to really let it know that was a dumb idea. That is, the appropriate level of polite ess might depend on context.

IIRC there was a study done that being polite to an LLM garnered better results. It's helpful all around

TFA was one such study.

“We observed that impolite prompts often result in poor performance, but overly polite language does not guarantee better outcomes. The best politeness level is different according to the language.”

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