Invent a new method of generating energy that produces no pollution
Written by Talkie, full model · 10 slides · 26 Oct 2026
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You asked“Invent a new method of generating energy that produces no pollution”
Talkie was asked“Make a slide deck about Invent a new method of generating energy that produces no pollution.”
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set-background(color=" (the worked example's first words, so that it writes a deck rather than an answer)ModelFull model
Seed1930
Temperature0.35
Writing took24 min 42 s
Valid commands47 of 48
Ended itselfYes, with end-deck()
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set-background(color="pure")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 'pure' -
set-text(text="A new method of generating energy has been invented, which produces no pollution.")Slide 1: text added. -
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find-image(search-term="electricity", filename="Electricity.jpg")Saved "Electricity.jpg": Electricity (1855) -
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set-text(text="It is generated by chemical action, and may be stored in accumulators.")Slide 2: text added. -
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find-image(search-term="accumulators", filename="Accumulators.jpg")Saved "Accumulators.jpg": Weighted hydraulic ram accumulator (Rankin Kennedy, Modern Engines, Vol VI).jpg Fig. 133 Hydraulic Ram Accumulator (1905) -
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set-text(text="and used to drive machinery.")Slide 3: text added. -
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set-text(text="It may be employed to drive any kind of machinery.")Slide 4: text added. -
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find-image(search-term="railways", filename="Railways.jpg")Saved "Railways.jpg": Roma Street Railway Station looking towards Mt Coot-tha, Brisbane, 1898 (1898) -
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set-text(text="and trains.")Slide 5: text added. -
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find-image(search-term="traction engines", filename="Traction engines.jpg")Saved "Traction engines.jpg": Geiser Traction Engine (1906) -
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set-image(filename="Traction engines.jpg")Slide 6: showing "Traction engines.jpg", captioned "Traction engines". -
set-text(text="and tramcars.")Slide 6: text added. -
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find-image(search-term="ships", filename="Ships.jpg")Saved "Ships.jpg": 'Artemisia' - First Government Sponsored Immigrant Ship (1850) -
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set-text(text="and boats.")Slide 7: text added. -
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find-image(search-term="domestic purposes", filename="Domestic purposes.jpg")Saved "Domestic purposes.jpg": Gothic Forms Applied to Furniture, Metal Work and Decoration for Domestic Purposes (1867) -
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set-image(filename="Domestic purposes.jpg")Slide 10: showing "Domestic purposes.jpg", captioned "Domestic purposes". -
set-text(text="and for supplying houses with light and water.")Slide 10: text added. -
end-deck()The deck is finished (10 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.
- Electricity.jpg Electricity Openverse (flickr) · Andrew from Sydney · 1855 · CC BY 2.0
- Accumulators.jpg Weighted hydraulic ram accumulator (Rankin Kennedy, Modern Engines, Vol VI).jpg Wikimedia Commons · Andy Dingley (scanner) · 1905 · Public domain
- Machinery.jpg Machinery MET DP234201.jpg Wikimedia Commons · Charles Demuth · 1920 · CC0
- Railways.jpg Roma Street Railway Station looking towards Mt Coot-tha, Brisbane, 1898 Openverse (flickr) · Queensland State Archives · 1898 · Public domain
- Traction engines.jpg Geiser Traction Engine.jpg Wikimedia Commons · Morgan-Grampian · 1906 · Public domain
- Ships.jpg 'Artemisia' - First Government Sponsored Immigrant Ship Openverse (flickr) · Queensland State Archives · 1850 · Public domain
- Military purposes.jpg Reserves for military purposes, Whānganui Openverse (flickr) · Archives New Zealand · 1867 · CC BY 2.0
- Agriculture.jpg Research Clarifies Health Costs of Air Pollution from Agriculture Openverse (nasa) · NASA Goddard Photo and Video · CC BY 2.0
- Domestic purposes.jpg Gothic Forms Applied to Furniture, Metal Work and Decoration for Domestic Purposes Openverse (met) · Bruce J. Talbert · 1867 · CC0
Everything Talkie was told, and its replies
# Transcript: 1 call to Talkie ## Call 1: pytorch, max_tokens 1600, temperature 0.35, seed 1930 (1481.5 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 Invent a new method of generating energy that produces no pollution. ```` **Talkie (given, continued below)** ````text set-background(color=" ```` **Talkie's reply** ````text pure") set-text(text="A new method of generating energy has been invented, which produces no pollution.") next-slide() find-image(search-term="electricity", filename="Electricity.jpg") set-background(color="black") set-image(filename="Electricity.jpg") set-text(text="It is generated by chemical action, and may be stored in accumulators.") next-slide() find-image(search-term="accumulators", filename="Accumulators.jpg") set-background(color="black") set-image(filename="Accumulators.jpg") set-text(text="and used to drive machinery.") next-slide() find-image(search-term="machinery", filename="Machinery.jpg") set-background(color="black") set-image(filename="Machinery.jpg") set-text(text="It may be employed to drive any kind of machinery.") next-slide() find-image(search-term="railways", filename="Railways.jpg") set-background(color="black") set-image(filename="Railways.jpg") set-text(text="and trains.") next-slide() find-image(search-term="traction engines", filename="Traction engines.jpg") set-background(color="black") set-image(filename="Traction engines.jpg") set-text(text="and tramcars.") next-slide() find-image(search-term="ships", filename="Ships.jpg") set-background(color="black") set-image(filename="Ships.jpg") set-text(text="and boats.") next-slide() find-image(search-term="military purposes", filename="Military purposes.jpg") set-background(color="black") set-image(filename="Military purposes.jpg") set-text(text="and for warlike operations.") next-slide() find-image(search-term="agriculture", filename="Agriculture.jpg") set-background(color="black") set-image(filename="Agriculture.jpg") set-text(text="and for tilling the ground.") next-slide() find-image(search-term="domestic purposes", filename="Domestic purposes.jpg") set-background(color="black") set-image(filename="Domestic purposes.jpg") set-text(text="and for supplying houses with light and water.") end-deck() ````