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 < ghc-devs@haskell.org> wrote:
On 29 Jul 2026, at 14:58, Tom Ellis via ghc-devs < tom-lists-ghc-devs-2026@jaguarpaw.co.uk> 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.
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