# A classical codex of technological change

> A history of AI models drawn as illustrated codex plates: marble figures, robed crowds and workshops under short chapter titles, with halftone texture, curled pages and a recurring magnifying glass. Muse 1.2 made it, with images from GPT Image 2.

- Kind: Slides
- Page: https://meetreference.com/v/classical-codex-deck-llama-to-muse/
- Ready-to-use agent handoff: https://meetreference.com/v/classical-codex-deck-llama-to-muse/agent.txt
- Authorship: AI-made, per the source
- Made with: Not stated
- Model: Muse 1.2, GPT Image 2
- Built with: not stated
- Style: Decks; classical, editorial, codex, halftone, painterly, monumental, jewel tones
- Playback: a muted visual reference. The original soundtrack is available only at the source.
- Shared by @chetaslua in X, Aug 7, 2026: https://x.com/chetaslua/status/2085541536180433182
- Prompt fidelity: Unavailable in this entry. The recreation brief is written by Reference.

## Before you start

Guidance from Reference, separate from the creator's instructions.

1. Read the reference and inspect the project, installed libraries, and available agent skills before writing code. Reuse suitable tools already present.
2. Prefer the creator-reported libraries and skills when they fit the task. Explain what useful additions help with, and install missing project dependencies or relevant skills from official sources when the environment and the user's existing permissions allow it. Respect the project's package manager and setup rules; do not ask again for routine setup already authorized.
3. Distinguish tools used by the creator from your own recommendations. A listed tool is not automatically required, and an empty tools or requirements list means the setup is unknown, not that nothing is needed.
4. Ask concise questions when missing inputs or choices materially affect the result: paid services, credentials, the user's assets, or a different production approach. Use existing answers and permissions; continue independent work while waiting.
5. If a useful library, skill, or service cannot be installed or used, explain an available alternative and its expected effect on quality, features, or effort. Get the user's choice before a material compromise; otherwise state the fallback and continue. Never silently simplify the result or claim to have used a tool you did not use.

## Recreating this deck

This is a visual reference. No original creator prompt is available. The following brief was written by Reference after inspecting the work.

Build a sequence around a consistent left-side editorial hierarchy and large right-side narrative tableaux, using one symbolic scene per chapter rather than bullet lists. Pair pale sculptural forms with saturated backgrounds, then introduce halftone dissolves and a recurring circular detail lens to unify the imagery. Vary scene scale and background color while preserving plate labels and title placement. For a new subject, replace the technological milestones and classical allegories with relevant chapter-specific imagery, and increase body-text contrast.

1. Open the live work or source and inspect the frame images below.
2. Adapt its layout, hierarchy, palette, and interaction patterns to the user's own content and brand.
3. Compare the result against the reference. Use your own assets and credit the original creator.

## What it looks like

Written by Reference from the recording frames, not by the creator.

A classical-art-inspired editorial deck pairing Greco-Roman sculpture and figures with contemporary digital collage.

- Color: Deep navy and cobalt blue, teal and green, warm gold, black, and ivory marble.
- Type: Large, high-contrast serif section titles with smaller restrained sans-serif text and interface labels.
- Framing: Each section balances a dark text area with a prominent classical illustration, often using gradients, cropped figures, and circular detail callouts.
- Structure: A sequence of titled editorial chapters, moving from a blindfolded bust and an open-weights scene through images of a colossus, a purse, a sculpted face, a forge, a bargain, and a standing statue.

Storyboard, nine frames spread across the recording: https://meetreference.com/media/classical-codex-deck-llama-to-muse/storyboard.webp

- Frame 1 at 3.9s: https://meetreference.com/media/classical-codex-deck-llama-to-muse/f1.webp
- Frame 2 at 11.8s: https://meetreference.com/media/classical-codex-deck-llama-to-muse/f2.webp
- Frame 3 at 19.6s: https://meetreference.com/media/classical-codex-deck-llama-to-muse/f3.webp
- Frame 4 at 27.5s: https://meetreference.com/media/classical-codex-deck-llama-to-muse/f4.webp
- Frame 5 at 35.3s: https://meetreference.com/media/classical-codex-deck-llama-to-muse/f5.webp
- Frame 6 at 43.2s: https://meetreference.com/media/classical-codex-deck-llama-to-muse/f6.webp
- Frame 7 at 51.0s: https://meetreference.com/media/classical-codex-deck-llama-to-muse/f7.webp
- Frame 8 at 58.9s: https://meetreference.com/media/classical-codex-deck-llama-to-muse/f8.webp
- Frame 9 at 66.7s: https://meetreference.com/media/classical-codex-deck-llama-to-muse/f9.webp

## How it was made, per the creator

- Notes: 'This beautiful presentation is by Muse 1.2. It used gpt-image-v2 to create the images by itself. I told it to make a history page from Llama to Muse 1.2'.

## Links

- Watch: https://x.com/chetaslua/status/2085541536180433182
- Original post: https://x.com/chetaslua/status/2085541536180433182