It took us (Claude and me) about ten minutes to build this animation.

View the neural connections animation here.

The animation presents an abstract view of neurons connecting. It didn’t happen by design. I had a few minutes to kill, and so I asked Claude to prepare this animation. The look and feel of the animation was decided by Claude, who (I should say, “which” but it still sounds mighty odd) coded it in a few seconds (definitely less than a minute) and presented it to me.

I then asked if it could put it inside the Creativity Course page, and it said that it would be delighted to do so. So I gave it the php file and indicated where I’d like it to go and whether it could make me a separate js file for it. And it did it.

At first, it worked on the computer but not on mobile (so Claude didn’t automatically make it responsive) but it tweaked the code, and it began working on mobile devices too.

The code worked correctly – no rendering issues at all.

So, in about 10 minutes I would’ve wasted otherwise, I have a cute animation for the Creativity Course page.

I also have a few questions burning a hole in my heart and mind.

  • If Claude can write code with such speed and fluency today, how competent will it be in another year, or in another three years?
  • With AI and Robotics joining forces, what jobs will eventually remain for humans?
  • It’s often said that with UBI (which would be a byproduct of extreme productivity), humans will have more than what they need, and then they will have all the time in the world to sing, dance, paint, talk, travel, picnic, and make merry. I wonder how long would it be before too much familiarity with these activities will make us turn away from them.

But let us now talk about depressing stuff. Instead, let us check out this beautiful animation once again. What say you, dear reader?