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Research instrument · closed 2026-09-10 · v0.1.0

Evidence,
not vibes.

A public image-generation laboratory where every specimen keeps its frozen prompt, model identity, provenance, review, and visible defects.

Clockwork owl benchmark specimen
Specimen 002Clockwork owl identityVisible deviations documented, not hidden
1411verified runs
46experiment tracks
17model records
9documented failures

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Controlled experiment tracks

Bench rule 01

Pretty is not proof.

A result enters the public catalog only with a reproducible record and a content hash. Unknown values remain null; they are never invented.

Failures stay visible. Manual-only providers remain manual-only. Provider access rules are data, not an afterthought.