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First model I've tried that gave me back HTML with a "Change Pelican Color" button: https://static.simonwillison.net/static/2026/hy3-preview-pelican.html https:

by simonw 5mo ago

First model I've tried that gave me back HTML with a "Change Pelican Color" button: https://static.simonwillison.net/static/2026/hy3-preview-pelican.html https://static.simonwillison.net/static/2026/hy3-preview-pel... (Transcript: https://gist.github.com/simonw/c2a0d8ecd3056a2681319eae8fc3f7ce https://gist.github.com/simonw/c2a0d8ecd3056a2681319eae8fc3f...)

fragmede 5mo ago
Haha does it get bonus points for the extra button, or does it fail because html != SVG?
- dodslaser 5mo ago
  Any bonus points for the color sre immediately subtracted because the "animate wheels" button leaves the wheels stationary and makes the sun rotate.
  - MostlyStable 5mo ago
    I wonder if it is actually animating the wheels as well, but just managed to match up the spin rate to the gap size.
  - fragmede 5mo ago
    Hy3 is a Scandinavian model, and is leaking that out via Norse mythology about Sol being a wheel!
  - cicko 5mo ago
    That depends on the perspective. If you're on the Sun, the wheels rotate around you.
  - postepowanieadm 5mo ago
    ROTFL
  - Garlef 5mo ago
    Judging from the dotted trajectory lines, it even "thought" about giving the bike a wobble. (But maybe that's just my interpretation based on something else going wrong in the animation)
- preek 5mo ago
  It actually rendered an SVG inline in the HTML page. I just tested the SVG and it renders itself just fine, including colors. So, tbh, I'd say the task has been properly achieved.
  - embedding-shape 5mo ago
    Maybe I'm just extremely nitpicky, but I'd consider that a failure, as the prompt is asking for SVG, not HTML. Bit like asking for CSS and then getting a HTML file back with the CSS embedded, that was not what I was asking for!
    - prmph 5mo ago
      Welcome to the ambiguities of natural language
cwmoore 5mo ago
But…and I’m sure I’m not alone here…that is a snowman, and what it is on is not a bicycle. What do we think we are doing with this life?
PunchyHamster 5mo ago
...the animate wheels button makes sun start to spin

by simonw 5mo ago

fragmede 5mo ago

Haha does it get bonus points for the extra button, or does it fail because html != SVG?

dodslaser 5mo ago
Any bonus points for the color sre immediately subtracted because the "animate wheels" button leaves the wheels stationary and makes the sun rotate.
- MostlyStable 5mo ago
  I wonder if it is actually animating the wheels as well, but just managed to match up the spin rate to the gap size.
- fragmede 5mo ago
  Hy3 is a Scandinavian model, and is leaking that out via Norse mythology about Sol being a wheel!
- cicko 5mo ago
  That depends on the perspective. If you're on the Sun, the wheels rotate around you.
- postepowanieadm 5mo ago
  ROTFL
- Garlef 5mo ago
  Judging from the dotted trajectory lines, it even "thought" about giving the bike a wobble. (But maybe that's just my interpretation based on something else going wrong in the animation)
preek 5mo ago
It actually rendered an SVG inline in the HTML page. I just tested the SVG and it renders itself just fine, including colors. So, tbh, I'd say the task has been properly achieved.
- embedding-shape 5mo ago
  Maybe I'm just extremely nitpicky, but I'd consider that a failure, as the prompt is asking for SVG, not HTML. Bit like asking for CSS and then getting a HTML file back with the CSS embedded, that was not what I was asking for!
  - prmph 5mo ago
    Welcome to the ambiguities of natural language

cwmoore 5mo ago

But…and I’m sure I’m not alone here…that is a snowman, and what it is on is not a bicycle. What do we think we are doing with this life?

PunchyHamster 5mo ago

...the animate wheels button makes sun start to spin