“Thank you, ChatGPT. That was helpful.”
“I’m glad that I was able to help, Susie!”
My friends laughed at me for always being polite to ChatGPT. It’s stupid to waste niceties on an AI, they’d say.
But was it stupid or smart?
After all, they’re dead and I’ve been spared.
Seth Pilevsky is hedging his bets and playing nice with AI. His work has appeared in What Doesn’t Kill You, a YA anthology published by Indomita Press, Maelstrom, by The Inner Circle Writers’ Group Literary, Identity Anthology by ArrowHeart Publishing, Tales of the Strange Anthology by The Writer’s Workout, Good News… Anthology, by Bridge House Publishing, Book of 42 Anthology compiled by B.A. Mullin, Stinkwaves Magazine, Long Island Literary Journal, Literally Stories, 50-Word Stories, and Memoir Magazine. Sign up for updates at his website, http://www.sethpilevsky.com.