Sonnet 5.5Launch week

The history of computers in ASCII animation

An ASCII art animation of computer history from the first transistor to Claude Sonnet 5.5, with a dark piano score composed in code.

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Model
Sonnet 5.5
Category
Films & stories
Filed
Sep 28, 2026
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Asked Claude Sonnet 5.5 to animate the history of the computer, from the first transistor to itself Every frame is made of text characters, and it composed the dark piano score in code, note by note 🤯 This is INCREDIBLE https://t.co/McKqxH0n5O https://t.co/xDIzQ9euG3
Introducing Claude Sonnet 5.5, the second model in the Claude 5.5 family. It’s a clear upgrade over Sonnet 5, runs more than 30% faster, and costs up to 30% less for most work. https://t.co/UvXD8mDTF1

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