Hello, I've been following the discussion on the policy, and I should mention that to me this version also seems entirely reasonable.
I have been using agents for work quite a bit lately, but I think the way I use them is very different to how some folks seem to imagine LLM use (at least based on the comments, apologies in advance if I have misunderstood). Even if I work with an agent all day long, I never run the agent continuously all the time (let alone have many agents work autonomously on tasks). As this is obviously new technology I've been experimenting with various workflows, but I have found that when I am not working with the agents quite closely, the results tend to be a bit mixed, but more importantly, it is really hard (and boring) for me to review large chunks of freshly generated code. Instead, I tend to be closely involved with the planning and implementation of each task, as then I can review things as they are being written. It really feels a lot like normal programming, it is just that I don't need to type in all the code. I also tend to be pretty mindful of the context length and caching behavior, which I think reduces both the amount of computation needed, and also the cost. Cheers, Iavor On Wed, Jul 29, 2026, 4:44 PM Jaro Reinders via ghc-devs < [email protected]> wrote: > > On 29 Jul 2026, at 14:58, Tom Ellis via ghc-devs < > [email protected]> wrote: > > > > Subscriptions typically come with a number of credits that refresh > > every so often. More expensive models use more credits. Subscription > > use is not "unlimited". > > Hence the "as much as the plan allows" in my previous e-mail. > > I also just find it suspicious that these companies do not openly disclose > their energy consumption and emission statistics (which is a hotly debated > topic). This makes me think it does not paint them in a good light. > > Thus, my opinion remains that using LLMs intensively (e.g., as agents) > seems to cause significant greenhouse gas emissions. That alone makes its > use questionable, but combined with all the other ecological and social > factors it is really unacceptable to me. > > Jaro > _______________________________________________ > ghc-devs mailing list -- [email protected] > To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected] >
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