Sometimes, more when I was first using it because I'm used to using chat services with people and kept up the same habits.
I need to use AI for an aspect of my work - some higherup took away one programme to do certain tasks, the programme to replace can't yet do those tasks to meet legal standards, and AI was only the only workaround we've found yet that doesn't take hours.
I found in testing and in just asking what input would get a particular kind of result to be able to create a reusable template. It's polite but far more to the point than I think most people would view as polite.
Also, as the IT support on my work site, I am probably just as likely to thank or say please to a piece of tech as I am to be muttering swear words about why the fuck it isn't working now at it. I have absolutely thanked the door lock system, especially after we had the system replaced and we spent weeks dealing with issues.
AI testing to check for faults in a sandbox, is humanising them, because the term was made by humans doing what humans do for children.
But as the PP said, we've been using 'sandbox' in technology for decades before AI came in. It's used to contain programmes, it's used to test programmes. It just means a contained area, but within that area it's uses can be open to many options. It's comparable to the children's toy, but we weren't humanising computer viruses in the 80s and 90s when that language started
We also have adult video games which are called 'sandbox games' because they're open areas, but as it's a game, there are limits.