London
Written by Talkie, fast model · 8 slides · 21 Oct 2026
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Request“Make a slide deck about London.”
ModelFast model
Seed1930
Temperature0.35
Writing took2 min 39 s
Valid commands36 of 40
Ended itselfYes, with end-deck()
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Cloudy weather in London.That instruction could not be carried out: not a command: 'Cloudy weather in London.' -
set-background(color="London fog")That instruction could not be carried out: color must be a colour name such as "navy" or "ivory", or a hex code such as "#1b2a5a"; got 'London fog' -
set-image(filename="A London fog.")Slide 1: "A London fog." will be found when the slide is finished, to suit its words; it will be captioned "A London fog". -
set-text(text="In a London fog the sun is hidden, and the day turned into night."That instruction could not be carried out: not a command: 'set-text(text="In a London fog the sun is hidden, and the day turned into night."' -
next-slide()Saved "A London fog.": Charles Albert Ludovici (1820 1894) A London Fog NMW A 4960 National Museum Cardiff (1870) Slide 1 is finished. Now working on slide 2. -
find-image(search-term="crowded streets", filename="Crowded streets.jpg")Saved "Crowded streets.jpg": Crowded Tokyo Street, Japan by Underwood & Underwood, ca. 1905 (LOC) (1905-11-23) -
set-background(color="black")Slide 2: the background is now #000000. -
set-image(filename="Crowded streets.jpg")Slide 2: showing "Crowded streets.jpg", captioned "Crowded streets". -
set-text(text="Men and vehicles are mingled together, and lose their way.")Slide 2: text added. -
next-slide()Slide 2 is finished. Now working on slide 3. -
find-image(search-term="street lamps", filename="Street lamps.jpg")Saved "Street lamps.jpg": Street lamps at the National Assembly of Quebec. (2024-11-03 16:02:26) -
set-background(color="black")Slide 3: the background is now #000000. -
set-image(filename="Street lamps.jpg")Slide 3: showing "Street lamps.jpg", captioned "Street lamps". -
set-text(text="At night the foggy streets are lighted up."That instruction could not be carried out: not a command: 'set-text(text="At night the foggy streets are lighted up."' -
next-slide()Slide 3 is finished. Now working on slide 4. -
find-image(search-term="busy traffic", filename="Busy traffic.jpg")Saved "Busy traffic.jpg": Busy Traffic (2025-11-11) -
set-background(color="black")Slide 4: the background is now #000000. -
set-image(filename="Busy traffic.jpg")Slide 4: showing "Busy traffic.jpg", captioned "Busy traffic". -
set-text(text="In the daytime, London is a scene of ceaseless activity.")Slide 4: text added. -
next-slide()Slide 4 is finished. Now working on slide 5. -
find-image(search-term="river traffic", filename="River traffic.jpg")Saved "River traffic.jpg": River Traffic (1965-08) -
set-background(color="black")Slide 5: the background is now #000000. -
set-image(filename="River traffic.jpg")Slide 5: showing "River traffic.jpg", captioned "River traffic". -
set-text(text="At night the river is alive with boats.")Slide 5: text added. -
next-slide()Slide 5 is finished. Now working on slide 6. -
find-image(search-term="shipping", filename="Shipping.jpg")Saved "Shipping.jpg": John Atkinson Grimshaw Shipping on the Clyde (1881) (1881) -
set-background(color="black")Slide 6: the background is now #000000. -
set-image(filename="Shipping.jpg")Slide 6: showing "Shipping.jpg", captioned "Shipping". -
set-text(text="On the Thames are many kinds of craft.")Slide 6: text added. -
next-slide()Slide 6 is finished. Now working on slide 7. -
find-image(search-term="crowded wharfs", filename="Crowded wharfs.jpg")Saved "Crowded wharfs.jpg": Third Contingent troops embarking at Pinkenba, Brisbane Caption: 'Queensland Third Contingent: troops embarking at Pinkenba'. The ship is single-funnelled and... (1900) -
set-background(color="black")Slide 7: the background is now #000000. -
set-image(filename="Crowded wharfs.jpg")Slide 7: showing "Crowded wharfs.jpg", captioned "Crowded wharfs". -
set-text(text="The banks of the river are lined with warehouses.")Slide 7: text added. -
next-slide()Slide 7 is finished. Now working on slide 8. -
find-image(search-term="crowded bridges", filename="Crowded bridges.jpg")Saved "Crowded bridges.jpg": Appalling calamity at Johnstown, Pa., on Friday, Sept. 14th, caused by the falling of a railroad bridge crowded with the citizens of the town, during the visit... (1866-10-06) -
set-background(color="black")Slide 8: the background is now #000000. -
set-image(filename="Crowded bridges.jpg")Slide 8: showing "Crowded bridges.jpg", captioned "Crowded bridges". -
set-text(text="Men pass to and fro upon them, and underneath flows the river.")Slide 8: text added. -
end-deck()The deck is finished (8 slides in all).
Found by description on Wikimedia Commons and Openverse: public domain, CC0, CC BY and CC BY-SA only. Neither Talkie nor the deck runner sees them; each is captioned with the filename its author chose.
- A London fog. Charles Albert Ludovici (1820-1894) - A London Fog - NMW A 4960 - National Museum Cardiff.jpg Wikimedia Commons · Albert Ludovici, Sr. · 1870 · Public domain
- Crowded streets.jpg Crowded Tokyo Street 1905.jpg Wikimedia Commons · Underwood & Underwood, publisher. · 1905-11-23 · Public domain
- Street lamps.jpg Street lamps at the National Assembly of Quebec.jpg Wikimedia Commons · Wilfredor · 2024-11-03 16:02:26 · CC0
- Busy traffic.jpg Busy Traffic - geograph.org.uk - 8192561.jpg Wikimedia Commons · Anne Burgess · 2025-11-11 · CC BY-SA 2.0
- River traffic.jpg River Traffic - geograph.org.uk - 4769357.jpg Wikimedia Commons · Peter Jeffery · 1965-08 · CC BY-SA 2.0
- Shipping.jpg John Atkinson Grimshaw - Shipping on the Clyde (1881).jpg Wikimedia Commons · John Atkinson Grimshaw · 1881 · Public domain
- Crowded wharfs.jpg StateLibQld 1 113440 Third Contingent troops embarking at Pinkenba, Brisbane.jpg Wikimedia Commons · Fryer, C.E.S., Captain; Contributor(s): Australasian (Melbourne, Vic.) · 1900 · Public domain
- Crowded bridges.jpg Crop straighten autotune Appalling calamity at Johnstown, Pa., on Friday, Sept. 14th, caused by the falling of a railroad bridge crowded with the citizens of the town, during the visit of President Johnson and suite LCCN98510867.jpg Wikimedia Commons · Mr. C. E. H. Bonwill via Frank Leslie's Illustrated News · 1866-10-06 · Public domain
Everything Talkie was told, and its replies
# Transcript: 1 call to Talkie ## Call 1: llama-server, max_tokens 1600, temperature 0.35, seed 1930 (158.7 s) **User** ````text You are to make a slide deck by writing commands, one on each line. These are the commands: find-image(search-term="WORDS", filename="NAME.jpg") finds a picture of WORDS and keeps it under the name NAME.jpg. set-background(color="COLOUR") colours the whole slide, for example "navy", "ivory", "black" or "crimson". set-image(filename="NAME.jpg") shows a picture you have already found. set-text(text="WORDS") writes words at the bottom of the slide; set-text(text="") removes them. next-slide() finishes the slide and begins a new, empty one. end-deck() ends the deck; write it once, after the last slide. All the text messages must be meaningful when strung together: read one after another, from the first slide to the last, they should make one connected account. Write only commands. Make a slide deck about the sea. ```` **Talkie** ````text set-background(color="navy") set-text(text="The sea covers the greater part of the world.") next-slide() find-image(search-term="ocean waves", filename="Ocean waves.jpg") set-background(color="black") set-image(filename="Ocean waves.jpg") set-text(text="Its waves are raised by the wind,") next-slide() find-image(search-term="tide on the shore", filename="The tide.jpg") set-background(color="black") set-image(filename="The tide.jpg") set-text(text="and twice each day its tide rises and falls upon the shore.") next-slide() find-image(search-term="sailing ship", filename="A sailing ship.jpg") set-background(color="black") set-image(filename="A sailing ship.jpg") set-text(text="Upon its waters men have sailed ships since ancient times,") next-slide() find-image(search-term="lighthouse", filename="A lighthouse.jpg") set-background(color="black") set-image(filename="A lighthouse.jpg") set-text(text="guided at night by lighthouses upon the rocks.") next-slide() find-image(search-term="fishing boats", filename="Fishing boats.jpg") set-background(color="black") set-image(filename="Fishing boats.jpg") set-text(text="Fishermen draw from it a great harvest of fish,") next-slide() find-image(search-term="whale", filename="A whale.jpg") set-background(color="black") set-image(filename="A whale.jpg") set-text(text="and in its depths swims the whale, the largest of all creatures.") next-slide() find-image(search-term="storm at sea", filename="A storm at sea.jpg") set-background(color="navy") set-image(filename="A storm at sea.jpg") set-text(text="Yet for all our ships, the sea remains as wide and wild as ever.") end-deck() ```` **User** ````text Make a slide deck about London. ```` **Grammar the reply had to follow** ````text root ::= ([^\n]* "\n")* "end-deck()" ```` **Talkie's reply** ````text Cloudy weather in London. set-background(color="London fog") set-image(filename="A London fog.") set-text(text="In a London fog the sun is hidden, and the day turned into night." next-slide() find-image(search-term="crowded streets", filename="Crowded streets.jpg") set-background(color="black") set-image(filename="Crowded streets.jpg") set-text(text="Men and vehicles are mingled together, and lose their way.") next-slide() find-image(search-term="street lamps", filename="Street lamps.jpg") set-background(color="black") set-image(filename="Street lamps.jpg") set-text(text="At night the foggy streets are lighted up." next-slide() find-image(search-term="busy traffic", filename="Busy traffic.jpg") set-background(color="black") set-image(filename="Busy traffic.jpg") set-text(text="In the daytime, London is a scene of ceaseless activity.") next-slide() find-image(search-term="river traffic", filename="River traffic.jpg") set-background(color="black") set-image(filename="River traffic.jpg") set-text(text="At night the river is alive with boats.") next-slide() find-image(search-term="shipping", filename="Shipping.jpg") set-background(color="black") set-image(filename="Shipping.jpg") set-text(text="On the Thames are many kinds of craft.") next-slide() find-image(search-term="crowded wharfs", filename="Crowded wharfs.jpg") set-background(color="black") set-image(filename="Crowded wharfs.jpg") set-text(text="The banks of the river are lined with warehouses.") next-slide() find-image(search-term="crowded bridges", filename="Crowded bridges.jpg") set-background(color="black") set-image(filename="Crowded bridges.jpg") set-text(text="Men pass to and fro upon them, and underneath flows the river.") end-deck() ````