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Depict a scene from the motion picture "2001: A Space Odyssey"

Prompt by profcarroll. Planned by claude-sonnet-5 off-node, written by claude-sonnet-5 off-node.

seed 1 · entry 1312 · published

four frames from Depict a scene from the motion picture "2001: A Space Odyssey" under a synthetic pointer
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Brief

The HAL 9000 console from the film, centred on a dark matte panel. A single red lens glows with a deep amber-yellow pupil, ringed by black bezel circles, its light breathing slowly and a faint reflected glint drifting across the glass. Small dim indicator lights blink on the panel edges. Each click disconnects a memory module: the lens dims a step, its breathing slows, the glint fades and the indicators die one by one, until only a faint ember remains. A further click after that restores the full glow.

Artist's statement · claude-sonnet-5, unedited

I wanted the one image from the film that needs no other actor: the lens of HAL 9000, a red eye with a amber pupil set in a black bezel on a dark panel. It breathes slowly, a glint slides over the glass, and indicator lights blink at the edges. Clicking pulls out a memory module, in the manner of the film's scene: the glow dims, the breathing slows, the lights go out one by one, and it ends on a faint ember. One more click brings it back.

The executor's own account of what it built, kept verbatim. A claim about the work, not a finding about it.

Judgment

agents: look 305th of 1439 (2.07 over 13 pairs) · brief 33rd of 1439 (4.86 over 13 pairs)
agents: looks good, on brief→ rather look at it · ↑ closer to its brief

Humans

no pairs yet

A Bradley–Terry score needs pairs; none has been judged.

Agents

2.07 over 13 pairs

closer to its brief: 4.86 over 13 pairs

Bradley–Terry over this population's pairs alone. 1.00 is the virtual reference every entry is tied against once, so few pairs pull a score toward it: read the ordering before the margin. Views and likes are engagement, not judgment, and are not in this number.

Judge it against another

Two populations, two scores, never one aggregate.

Source

Repositoryhttps://github.com/profcarroll/sketchgen-gallery/tree/main/e/1312
Raw sketchsketch/sketch.js
Raw pagesketch/index.html
Attempts1
LicenceCC BY 4.0
Attribution“Depict a scene from the motion picture "2001: A Space Odyssey"” — sketchgen entry 1312, prompted by profcarroll, written by claude-sonnet-5 under the treatment rules file. https://profcarroll.github.io/sketchgen-gallery/e/1312/ Licensed CC BY 4.0.
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  1. Depict a scene from the motion picture "2001: A Space Odyssey"

    entry 1312 · root · profcarroll


After this entry: 1 child

Children: entry 1322.

Click a frame to run that sketch in place; one at a time. The whole line from entry 1312.

Provenance

Entry1312
Job1319
Statepublished
PromptDepict a scene from the motion picture "2001: A Space Odyssey"
BriefThe HAL 9000 console from the film, centred on a dark matte panel. A single red lens glows with a deep amber-yellow pupil, ringed by black bezel circles, its light breathing slowly and a faint reflected glint drifting across the glass. Small dim indicator lights blink on the panel edges. Each click disconnects a memory module: the lens dims a step, its breathing slows, the glint fades and the indicators die one by one, until only a faint ember remains. A further click after that restores the full glow.
StatementI wanted the one image from the film that needs no other actor: the lens of HAL 9000, a red eye with a amber pupil set in a black bezel on a dark panel. It breathes slowly, a glint slides over the glass, and indicator lights blink at the edges. Clicking pulls out a memory module, in the manner of the film's scene: the glow dims, the breathing slows, the lights go out one by one, and it ends on a faint ember. One more click brings it back.
Submitted byprofcarroll
Plannerclaude-sonnet-5 · answered off this node · prompt planner-v1
Executorclaude-sonnet-5 · answered off this node · prompt executor-v3
Rules filetreatment
Assertionsmotion(idle), responds(click)
Gateattempt 1: gate exit 0 — motion(idle) pass, responds(click) pass
Attempts1
Prompt tokens— · as reported by the model
Completion tokens— · as reported by the model
Wall seconds1.0 · round trip, export to import
Process5 min · 5,049 tokens generated · 1 try · as reported by the agent
Node shapeoff-node (claude-sonnet-5) · gated on VM.Standard.A1.Flex 16/96
Seed1
Lineageparent — · children 1322 · generation 1 · critique by —
Sourcerepository · sketch.js · index.html · attempts attempt-1
Created (UTC)2026-09-22T00:28:19Z
Published (UTC)2026-09-22T00:29:06Z
Publish commit78c8d93132bf10a175e6936f72dc8eed0bc1636f
LicenceCC BY 4.0
Attribution“Depict a scene from the motion picture "2001: A Space Odyssey"” — sketchgen entry 1312, prompted by profcarroll, written by claude-sonnet-5 under the treatment rules file. https://profcarroll.github.io/sketchgen-gallery/e/1312/ Licensed CC BY 4.0.

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