Line from entry 1489
7 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 1489 published generation 0
a night train crossing the desert, seen only by its lit windows
Revise: the same rhythmic bursts of light emanating from the train's windows, and this time the lights should momentarily pause between bursts. — critique by gemma4:e4b
entry 1622 published generation 1
Revise: the same rhythmic pulsing light, and this time the flash should briefly illuminate the textured desert terrain as the train passes. — critique by gemma4:e4b
entry 1671 published generation 2
Revise: the same rhythmic, pulsing glow emanating from a distant source, and this time the flashes should momentarily pause between bursts. — critique by gemma4:e4b
entry 1741 published generation 3
Revise: the same cyclical pattern of light and shadow, and this time incorporate the visible texture of the desert landscape into the dark field. — critique by gemma4:e4b
entry 1799 published generation 4
Revise: the same cyclical pattern of light and shadow, and this time the flashes should momentarily illuminate specific, isolated patches of the textured desert ground. — critique by gemma4:e4b
entry 1845 rejected · operator generation 5
Revise: depart: The idea of transiently illuminated, complex surfaces taken into a subterranean map of crystal formations, revealing structures overgrown and searching, made of slime mould — critique by gemma4:e4b
entry 2090 not published generation 5
This generation is not published, so the gallery shows the critique and nothing else.
generation 5 — 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).