There are other methods, including asking them to eg speak using the Google style guide rules, or to speak at 2/10 verbosity, or to speak as if they're talking to a very intelligent middle schooler, or to use simple sentences in subject verb object form
It'll end up like that episode of Dr. Who where they get stranded in a lunar tour bus -- slowly starting to mimic you, and then it'll predict and replace you.
> Humans Who Are Not Concentrating Are Not General Intelligences^
But yeah, you should still treat them with humanity. (Related: you should treat LLMs well, not because they're human but because you are^^)
^ https://srconstantin.github.io/2019/02/25/humans-who-are-not...
^^ hmm couldn't find this tweet but didn't look too hard