Line from entry 1472
5 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 1472 published generation 0
a jellyfish made of drifting sine waves
Revise: the same ethereal jellyfish, and this time its flowing structures refract light with sharp, segmented edges. — critique by gemma4:e4b
entry 1608 published generation 1
Revise: the same ethereal jellyfish composed of constantly flowing, luminous structures, and this time its segments are composed of highly reflective, jagged crystalline shards. — critique by gemma4:e4b
entry 1712 published generation 2
Revise: the same ethereal jellyfish, and this time its segments glow with a bioluminescence that pulses rhythmically and emanates from within the crystalline structure. — critique by gemma4:e4b
entry 1775 not published generation 3
This generation is not published, so the gallery shows the critique and nothing else.
Revise: depart: The internal fracture patterns and prismatic light refraction, taking the form of complex, overgrown bioluminescent mineral veins inside a subterranean cave structure, seen under a microscope. — critique by gemma4:e4b
entry 2078 not published generation 3
This generation is not published, so the gallery shows the critique and nothing else.
generation 3 — 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).