Windmills: the millers who worked them
Written by Talkie, fast model · 5 slides · 27 Oct 2026
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| Prompt: Coherence | 8.0 | – |
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| Prompt: Exploration | 3.0 | – |
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| Slides: Novelty | 6.0 | – |
| Slides: Coherence | 7.0 | – |
| Slides: Aesthetics | 7.0 | – |
| Slides: Exploration | 5.0 | – |
| Slides: Persistence | 8.0 | – |
| Contribution: Prompt fulfillment | 8.0 | – |
| Contribution: Creative value added | 6.0 | – |
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You asked“windmills: the millers who worked them”
Talkie was asked“Make a slide deck about windmills: the millers who worked them.”
Talkie's reply was started with
set-background(color=" (the worked example's first words, so that it writes a deck rather than an answer)ModelFast model
Seed1930
Temperature0.35
Writing took0 min 30 s
Valid commands24 of 24
Ended itselfYes, with end-deck()
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set-background(color="black")Slide 1: the background is now #000000. -
set-image(filename="Miller."jpg)Slide 1: "Miller.jpg" will be found when the slide is finished, to suit its words; it will be captioned "Miller". -
set-text(text="The miller is an industrious man.")Slide 1: text added. -
next-slide()Saved "Miller.jpg": Gerrit Smith Miller Jr. (December 6, 1869 – February 24, 1956) was an American zoologist and botanist in 1897 (1897) Slide 1 is finished. Now working on slide 2. -
find-image(search-term="at work", filename="At work.jpg")Saved "At work.jpg": Erwin Czerwenka przy pracy (1920) (>1920) -
set-background(color="black")Slide 2: the background is now #000000. -
set-image(filename="At work."jpg)Slide 2: showing "At work.jpg", captioned "At work". -
set-text(text="He works early and late.")Slide 2: text added. -
next-slide()Slide 2 is finished. Now working on slide 3. -
find-image(search-term="in his dusty coat", filename="In a dusty coat.jpg")No picture was found for "in his dusty coat"; nothing was saved as "In a dusty coat.jpg". -
set-background(color="black")Slide 3: the background is now #000000. -
set-image(filename="In a dusty coat."jpg)Slide 3: "In a dusty coat.jpg" will be found when the slide is finished, to suit its words; it will be captioned "In a dusty coat". -
set-text(text="And dirty hands.")Slide 3: text added. -
next-slide()Saved "In a dusty coat.jpg": A depressed woman wearing a coat stands behind a dusty window in an abandoned building (2024-10-12 15:02:11) Slide 3 is finished. Now working on slide 4. -
find-image(search-term="among the sacks", filename="Among the sacks.jpg")Saved "Among the sacks.jpg": Title: American flour sacks serve a double purpose among the Armenians and the Syrians in time of distress Abstract: Armenian and Syrian children, full-length,... (between 1915 and 1923) -
set-background(color="black")Slide 4: the background is now #000000. -
set-image(filename="Among the sacks."jpg)Slide 4: showing "Among the sacks.jpg", captioned "Among the sacks". -
set-text(text="He is a contributor to the food of the nation.")Slide 4: text added. -
next-slide()Slide 4 is finished. Now working on slide 5. -
find-image(search-term="and turns the sails to profit", filename="And turns the sails to profit.jpg")Saved "And turns the sails to profit.jpg": Pieter Brueghel the Elder The Dutch Proverbs Google Art Project (1559) -
set-background(color="black")Slide 5: the background is now #000000. -
set-image(filename="And turns the sails to profit."jpg)Slide 5: showing "And turns the sails to profit.jpg", captioned "And turns the sails to profit". -
set-text(text="He earns his bread.")Slide 5: text added. -
end-deck()The deck is finished (5 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.
- Miller.jpg Gerrit-Smith-Miller-Jr.-circa-1897.png Wikimedia Commons · Unknown photographer · 1897 · Public domain
- At work.jpg Erwin Czerwenka at work (1920).jpg Wikimedia Commons · unknown · >1920 · Public domain
- In a dusty coat.jpg A depressed woman wearing a coat stands behind a dusty window in an abandoned building.jpg Wikimedia Commons · Shixart1985 · 2024-10-12 15:02:11 · CC BY 2.0
- Among the sacks.jpg American flour sacks serve a double purpose among the Armenians and the Syrians in time of distress LCCN2002695443.jpg Wikimedia Commons · Frank and Frances Carpenter Collection · between 1915 and 1923 · Public domain
- And turns the sails to profit.jpg Pieter Brueghel the Elder - The Dutch Proverbs - Google Art Project.jpg Wikimedia Commons · Pieter Brueghel the Elder · 1559 · 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 (29.7 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 windmills. ```` **Talkie** ````text set-text(text="Windmills turn in every breeze.") next-slide() find-image(search-term="sails", filename="Sails.jpg") set-background(color="black") set-image(filename="Sails.jpg") set-text(text="They catch the breeze and turn to it.") next-slide() find-image(search-term="vanes", filename="Vanes.jpg") set-background(color="black") set-image(filename="Vanés.jpg") set-text(text="They show which way the wind blows.") next-slide() find-image(search-term="weathercocks", filename="Weathercocks.jpg") set-background(color="black") set-image(filename="Weathercocks.jpg") set-text(text="They tell the points of the compass.") next-slide() find-image(search-term="the miller", filename="The miller.jpg") set-background(color="black") set-image(filename="The miller.jpg") set-text(text="He grinds corn into meal.") next-slide() find-image(search-term="the sails", filename="The sails.jpg") set-background(color="black") set-image(filename="The sails.jpg") set-text(text="And the meal feeds men.") end-deck() ```` **User** ````text Make a slide deck about windmills: the millers who worked them. ```` **Talkie (given, continued below)** ````text set-background(color=" ```` **Grammar the reply had to follow** ````text root ::= ([^\n]* "\n")* "end-deck()" ```` **Talkie's reply** ````text black") set-image(filename="Miller."jpg) set-text(text="The miller is an industrious man.") next-slide() find-image(search-term="at work", filename="At work.jpg") set-background(color="black") set-image(filename="At work."jpg) set-text(text="He works early and late.") next-slide() find-image(search-term="in his dusty coat", filename="In a dusty coat.jpg") set-background(color="black") set-image(filename="In a dusty coat."jpg) set-text(text="And dirty hands.") next-slide() find-image(search-term="among the sacks", filename="Among the sacks.jpg") set-background(color="black") set-image(filename="Among the sacks."jpg) set-text(text="He is a contributor to the food of the nation.") next-slide() find-image(search-term="and turns the sails to profit", filename="And turns the sails to profit.jpg") set-background(color="black") set-image(filename="And turns the sails to profit."jpg) set-text(text="He earns his bread.") end-deck() ````