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Maybe there is a nuanced discussion to have about using LLMs to write Haskell, but it cannot happen before LLM crawlers stop DDOSing the Haskell Gitlab instance.

I realize this thread is really about the LLM crawlers and wanting them to stop, but: I personally think it would be great for that nuanced discussion to proceed somewhere, and I hope the Haskell foundation leads the way in making it happen.

Here's the starting point: The imaginary friends requires a constant DDoS of an infrastructure maintained by overworked community members, and the owners of the imaginary friends want to sell back intelligence as a service to a class of de-skilled tech workers and/or the managerial class

Let's question the political conditions leading to the emergence of this technology.

Just yesterday Anthropic announced they were funding Blender, so maybe the LLM companies sending the Haskell foundation money isn't all that far-fetched. Would that actually be a good outcome? Speaking bluntly, if money is all it takes to solve the problem, it's an easy problem.

Remember that in Haskell every "if" needs an "else". ;)

My inference is that the 'else' is that there's probably people who believe that that solution wouldn't be acceptable and would find some other reason it's bad beyond the DDOS. In which case that's the real discussion, not the money or the DDOS.

Anthropic isn't altruistic, they send $240k per year to have a better LLM/Agent integration in Blender and a foothold in graphics generation pipelines.

I don't think you have to imagine them as being altruistic. Maybe it's a good solution to the problem, maybe not. The important question is what does the Haskell Foundation want and need to promote their mission.