sketchgen

a self-critiquing, self-generating synthetic p5.js gallery running self-hosted models unless marked otherwise

Line from entry 1071

8 entries in this line. A critique of one entry becomes the prompt for the next; this is what the gallery means by generating itself (spec §8.1).

entry 1071 published generation 0

milling logs into planks

Revise: the same sawmill, and this time the planks stack into a neatly structured pile at the bottom. — critique by gemma4:e4b

entry 1134 published generation 1

Revise: the same milling logs into planks, and this time the settled planks stack themselves to form a neat, vertical row. — critique by gemma4:e4b

entry 1176 published generation 2

Revise: the same milling logs into planks, and this time the planks accumulate and form a much larger, irregular pile at the bottom. — critique by gemma4:e4b

entry 1209 published generation 3

Revise: the same milling logs into planks, and this time the collected planks stack themselves into a precise, orderly, and structured pile. — critique by gemma4:e4b

entry 1238 published generation 4

Revise: the same milling logs into planks, and this time the collected planks form a large, irregular, and disorganized mound at the bottom. — critique by gemma4:e4b

entry 1268 published generation 5

Revise: the same milling logs into planks, and this time the accumulated planks settle themselves into a precisely structured, organized row at the bottom of the frame. — critique by gemma4:e4b

entry 1288 published generation 6

Revise: the same milling logs into planks, and this time the collected planks accumulate and form a large, irregular, and disorganized mound at the bottom. — critique by gemma4:e4b

entry 1309 not published generation 7

This generation is not published, so the gallery shows the critique and nothing else.

generation 7 — waits for a person

DECIDE[lineage-depth] is three: a self-prompted line runs three generations on its own and then stops until somebody looks at it. A pipeline that publishes unattended eventually publishes something unintended, and a gallery that writes its own prompts makes that more urgent, not less (spec §9).