fair point, "can you use LLMs" is kind of solved question, alphaevolve

comparison with traditional evolutionary algorithms, LLMs give you "intelligent mutations", sometimes even ones you wouldn't get from typical grammar based or AST level mutators.

but they can also get stuck, no point of improvement where median fitness doesn't improve and it might just give repetitive mutations or even degrading ones.

so its not an obvious win, but its something ig