When working with Siri, I always try to say thank you when he/she/it/they does something for me. Today it even said "you're welcome". What should the protocol be when working with robots? I think they should be treated like you would treat any conscious being and not rudely like we might treat a car. I never say "thank you" to a car but I always do to Siri.
Does Apple keep statistics of who is polite and who is not? And couldn't such statistics be useful in aggregate and by region to show how different regions differ in pro forma politeness and how that changes over time?
