add multi-turn conversation support with a gen() method

[anrgct]

I found an interesting library appl that is somewhat similar to genaiscript. I think there is a method called gen() that is great for conducting multi-turn conversations within a script. Can it be added to genai? For example, using it like this.

$`gen 3 topics of joke.`
let topics = await gen();
let jokes = []
for(let topic of topics){
  $`gen a joke about ${topic}`
  jokes.push(await gen())
}
def("jokes", jokes)

$`which one is the best joke?`

gen() can execute multi-turn conversations within a script without the need for inline prompts.

[pelikhan]

I think you can acheive the sample with prompt:

const gen = prompt
const topics = await gen`gen 3 topics of joke.`.split(/\n/)
const jokes = []
for(let topic of topics){
  const joke = await gen`gen a joke about ${topic}`
  jokes.push(joke)
}
def("jokes", jokes)
$`which one is the best joke?`

[pelikhan]

(prompt is argulally not the best name; maybe it should have been gen)

[anrgct]

Oh, I mean the gen method can execute the entire script's request, generating multi-turn continuous dialogue.

[pelikhan]

So in your example, you expect the entire set messages created by gen to be sent again to the LLM?

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add multi-turn conversation support with 'gen' method

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[anrgct]

Yes, I hope it is an accumulative dialogue record, which is very suitable for multi-step, interrelated conversations and can conveniently control the direction of the dialogue.
The script above has turned into a dialogue like this.

user: gen 3 topics of joke.
assistant: ["Tech Support Humor","Programming Puns","Office/Work Comedy"]
user: gen a joke about Tech Support Humor
assistant: A programmer's wife tells him, "Go to the store and buy one loaf of bread. If they have eggs, get 10." He comes back with 10 loaves of bread.  
user: gen a joke about Programming Puns
assistant: Why do programmers prefer dark mode? Because light attracts bugs!  
user: gen a joke about Office/Work Comedy
assistant: A software engineer walks into a bar and orders 1.999999 drinks. The bartender says, "Sorry, we don't serve floating point numbers here."
user: ['A programmer's...', 'Why do programmers prefer...', 'A software engineer walks...'], which one is the best joke?
assistance: From the three jokes, the Programming Pun "Why do programmers prefer dark mode? Because light attracts bugs!" is arguably the best.

[pelikhan]

This is a head banger; maybe it's doable with async iterators.