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Comment by johndevor

14 hours ago

I made it live and editable here: https://hallway.com/workspaces/f7cfb27c-0a0b-4ca3-9b28-cc7eb...

I asked mythos to make a "The Way Things Work"-inspired version.

Published: https://banagale.com/the-way-the-motor-works/

Source: https://github.com/banagale/the-way-the-motor-works

It lacks cave people but has the woolys.

  • fig 4 timing looks wrong --- electromagnetic field from the windings is supposed to be 90 degrees ahead, on average, of the permanent magnet field.

  • Very neat. Thank you for sharing! I assume this was one shot as well -what sort of prompt did you use?

    I’m sure folks would be interested even in a blog post comparing just this process with different Anthropic models if that’s something you do and need a content idea. :)

    • Here's the prompt I used:

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      Can you make a version of this that is more in the style of "the way things work" the cool inventions book from the 90s with cavepeople and wooly mamoths and that illustration asthetic?

      https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48475428

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      So ya, that was a one shot to build.

      Just as impressive was its ability to publish the source and get the version up on my personal site. That was also a one shot but aided by context and skills I have available for these purposes.

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