Written by Talkie, full model · 7 slides · 21 Oct 2026
A note on Talkie’s views. Talkie writes as someone of its time: it can repeat the attitudes and prejudices found in writing from before 1931, including racist, antisemitic and colonial views, stated as fact. Its decks are shown as it wrote them, for research; they are not the views of this project.
Each slide's title, then its text, is read aloud by Kokoro, a free local voice (British male, bm_george); each slide stays up half a second before and a second after its words.
Two parts, scored 1 (low) to 10 (high) on the same five qualities: first the prompt alone, then what Talkie made of it, so Talkie's work can be judged apart from the prompt's own creativity. Written feedback is optional.
Evaluations made here are recorded as unblinded, since the deck is in view. For a blind evaluation, use blind review.
Talkie writes a new version. Its worked example is this deck's own working commands, so it builds on what worked; your direction becomes the request, put into the one form Talkie follows. The new deck is saved as the next version of this one, and can be evaluated in its turn.
Research data: evaluations CSV / JSONL, revisions JSONL, versions JSONL, events JSONL.
set-background(color=" (the worked example's first words, so that it writes a deck rather than an answer)set-background(color="blue")
Slide 1: the background is now #1f4fa8.
set-text(text="Aeroplanes fly above the sea.")
Slide 1: text added.
next-slide()
Slide 1 is finished. Now working on slide 2.
find-image(search-term="aeroplane rising from the ground", filename="An aeroplane rising from the ground.")
Saved "An aeroplane rising from the ground.": Aeroplane contrail stitched from 9 images taken within a period of 18 seconds over an arc of sky of approx. 60°. Flight direction from right to left. The... (2021-12-10 12:13:10)
set-background(color="blue")
Slide 2: the background is now #1f4fa8.
set-image(filename="An aeroplane rising from the ground")
Slide 2: "An aeroplane rising from the ground" will be found when the slide is finished, to suit its words; it will be captioned "An aeroplane rising from the ground".
set-text(text="It mounts upwards into the air.")
Slide 2: text added.
next-slide()
Saved "An aeroplane rising from the ground": Aeroplane contrail stitched from 9 images taken within a period of 18 seconds over an arc of sky of approx. 60°. Flight direction from right to left. The... (2021-12-10 12:13:10) Slide 2 is finished. Now working on slide 3.
find-image(search-term="aeroplane in flight", filename="An aeroplane in flight.")
Saved "An aeroplane in flight.": Curtiss Aeroplane flying at the Morris Park Aerodrome, Bronx, New York, 1909. From the cover of the July 1909 issue of Aeronautics magazine. (July 1909)
set-background(color="blue")
Slide 3: the background is now #1f4fa8.
set-image(filename="An aeroplane in flight")
Slide 3: "An aeroplane in flight" will be found when the slide is finished, to suit its words; it will be captioned "An aeroplane in flight".
set-text(text="It flies swiftly and steadily.")
Slide 3: text added.
next-slide()
Saved "An aeroplane in flight": Curtiss Aeroplane flying at the Morris Park Aerodrome, Bronx, New York, 1909. From the cover of the July 1909 issue of Aeronautics magazine. (July 1909) Slide 3 is finished. Now working on slide 4.
find-image(search-term="aeroplane alighting", filename="An aeroplane alighting")
Saved "An aeroplane alighting": Scope and content: Date Taken: 8/29/1918 (1917 – 1918)
set-background(color="blue")
Slide 4: the background is now #1f4fa8.
set-image(filename="An aeroplane alighting")
Slide 4: showing "An aeroplane alighting", captioned "An aeroplane alighting".
set-text(text="It comes to rest upon the earth again.")
Slide 4: text added.
next-slide()
Slide 4 is finished. Now working on slide 5.
find-image(search-term="aeroplane sheds", filename="Aeroplane sheds.")
Saved "Aeroplane sheds.": Scope and content: Photographer: Hall-Scott Motor Car Co. (1917 – 1918)
set-background(color="blue")
Slide 5: the background is now #1f4fa8.
set-image(filename="Aeroplane sheds")
Slide 5: "Aeroplane sheds" will be found when the slide is finished, to suit its words; it will be captioned "Aeroplane sheds".
set-text(text="There it is housed from storm and weather.")
Slide 5: text added.
next-slide()
Saved "Aeroplane sheds": The uncovered frame of British Army Aircraft I with Samuel Cody standing in front of it inside the airship shed. (1907) Slide 5 is finished. Now working on slide 6.
find-image(search-term="aeroplanes in use", filename="Aeroplanes in use.")
Saved "Aeroplanes in use.": The Blue Aeroplanes 2019 Glastonbury Festival (2019-06-30 17:16:11)
set-background(color="blue")
Slide 6: the background is now #1f4fa8.
set-image(filename="Aeroplanes in use")
Slide 6: "Aeroplanes in use" will be found when the slide is finished, to suit its words; it will be captioned "Aeroplanes in use".
set-text(text="Men travel in them from place to place.")
Slide 6: text added.
next-slide()
Saved "Aeroplanes in use": The Blue Aeroplanes 2019 Glastonbury Festival (2019-06-30 17:16:11) Slide 6 is finished. Now working on slide 7.
find-image(search-term="aeroplanes for sport", filename="Aeroplanes for sport.")
Saved "Aeroplanes for sport.": Single-engine light biplane In 1919, the H.& M. Farman Aeroplane Company of France produced the Farman Sport two-place sport and light commercial biplane. In... (1924)
set-background(color="blue")
Slide 7: the background is now #1f4fa8.
set-image(filename="Aeroplanes for sport")
Slide 7: "Aeroplanes for sport" will be found when the slide is finished, to suit its words; it will be captioned "Aeroplanes for sport".
set-text(text="Sportsmen fly in them for recreation.")
Slide 7: text added.
end-deck()
The deck is finished (7 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.
# Transcript: 1 call to Talkie ## Call 1: pytorch, max_tokens 1600, temperature 0.35, seed 1930 (426.2 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 aeroplanes. ```` **Talkie (given, continued below)** ````text set-background(color=" ```` **Talkie's reply** ````text blue") set-text(text="Aeroplanes fly above the sea.") next-slide() find-image(search-term="aeroplane rising from the ground", filename="An aeroplane rising from the ground.") set-background(color="blue") set-image(filename="An aeroplane rising from the ground") set-text(text="It mounts upwards into the air.") next-slide() find-image(search-term="aeroplane in flight", filename="An aeroplane in flight.") set-background(color="blue") set-image(filename="An aeroplane in flight") set-text(text="It flies swiftly and steadily.") next-slide() find-image(search-term="aeroplane alighting", filename="An aeroplane alighting") set-background(color="blue") set-image(filename="An aeroplane alighting") set-text(text="It comes to rest upon the earth again.") next-slide() find-image(search-term="aeroplane sheds", filename="Aeroplane sheds.") set-background(color="blue") set-image(filename="Aeroplane sheds") set-text(text="There it is housed from storm and weather.") next-slide() find-image(search-term="aeroplanes in use", filename="Aeroplanes in use.") set-background(color="blue") set-image(filename="Aeroplanes in use") set-text(text="Men travel in them from place to place.") next-slide() find-image(search-term="aeroplanes for sport", filename="Aeroplanes for sport.") set-background(color="blue") set-image(filename="Aeroplanes for sport") set-text(text="Sportsmen fly in them for recreation.") end-deck() ````