29 Jul
2026
29 Jul
'26
12:23 p.m.
On Wed, Jul 29, 2026 at 12:18:39PM +0000, Jaro Reinders via ghc-devs wrote:
Is it uncommon to use LLMs overnight to churn away at some task?
Some people do so. I know some of my colleagues do, but I don't know how often. I've never done so.
Also, in an attempt to extrapolate to newer models, we can compare open model inference pricing ... we can conclude that frontier models require 4.3x more energy to run than GPT 5. If that is the case the number is down to 3500 hours of full time LLM use for 1 transatlantic return flight equivalent.
Perhaps, or perhaps people use a better, but more expensive, model less? Tom