Anti-LLM Sentiment Considered Harmful
Haskell Community [Unofficial]
May 9, 2026
I asked Gemini Pro about it and it told me you’re wrong. But also I really like your idea so I’m thinking of petitioning for you being removed from maintainership of haskell/time in favour of an LLM that will never push back against any suggestion. I’d ask your opinion about it but Gemini already validated mine so I guess this is goodbye?
Edit: Nope nevermind, I asked it again and it told me that the human element is crucial:
The short answer is no. Replacing a human maintainer—like Ashley Yakeley for a core ecosystem library like
haskell/time—with an LLM is neither practical nor advisable given the current realities of software engineering and open-source governance.
Maybe if I asked it a third time I’ll get another answer, who knows.
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