Comment by zahlman

> and Claude to answer:

I wonder if it would give a similar evaluation in a new session, without the context of "knowing" that it had just produced an SVG describing an image that is supposed to have these qualities. How much of this is actually evaluating the photo of the plotter's output, versus post-hoc rationalization?

It's notable that the second attempt is radically different, and I would say thematically less interesting, yet Claude claims to prefer it.