As part of my class on Human Creativity x AI in Education, students were randomly assigned to Teams A through E. One of their first tasks? Create team names starting with their assigned letter. So we ended up with with teams AI, Brainstormers, Catalyst, Dreamers and Energy! Simple enough, right?
But what they didn’t t know is that I’ve been working on my own creative project – designing logos for each of their chosen names.
And of course when design is involved, can Claude be far behind? So I did what I have been doing with my other typographical projects, ask Claude what it thought. Essentially, I uploaded the different logo designs to Claude, explained the context (that this was part of a class on creativity and AI, and this was a bit of a personal creativity side-trip and so on… ) and asked it for a response. Claude responded with a very academic, serious analysis about the value of modeling creativity, educational design, and meta-learning opportunities this provided the students. It was very thoughtful and very boring.
But when I pushed for ideas that were funny and silly Claude surprised me with a delightful menu of possibilities, from horoscopes to superhero origin stories to zoo exhibit descriptions. In fact, it was difficult to choose between them so instead of sticking to a single format, I decided to embrace the chaos and have Claude create different genre parodies for each team.
Claude then went to town and came up with 5 different whimsical responses (with emojis, no less), which are included below, along with the logo designs that had inspired this output. I should add that these responses have not been edited by me.
Enjoy
Team AI’s Dating App Profile
Single neural network seeks meaningful connections. Into deep learning and long walks through datasets. No bugs please. Must love Python. Seeking someone to help optimize my parameters – my last relationship was a bit too random forest.
Team Brainstormers’ Emergency Weather Alert
URGENT: Heavy ideation front approaching from the northwest. Expect sudden bursts of creativity with scattered sticky notes. Take shelter in meeting rooms immediately. This is not a drill. Post-it accumulation may reach dangerous levels in brainstorming zones. Multiple ideas have been spotted forming idea-nadoes.
Team Catalyst’s Chemistry Gossip Column
SPOTTED: Hot catalyst seen lowering activation energy at exclusive reaction site. Sources say things got very exothermic. Electrons were exchanged. Rumor has it this reaction’s been catalyzing other reactions on the side – such a homogeneous scandal!
Team Dreamers’ Cloud Storage Error Message
ERROR 404: Reality not found. System switching to dream mode. Loading imagination.exe… Warning: May cause spontaneous star generation and rainbow overflow. Critical update: Dreams too big for available memory space. Please delete some reality to continue.
Team Energy’s Aggressive Meditation Guide
BREATHE IN THE CHAOS! FEEL THE POWER! AGGRESSIVELY ACHIEVE INNER PEACE! SERENITY NOW WITH MAXIMUM INTENSITY! Warning: Side effects may include spontaneous combustion of meditation cushions and extreme enlightenment.
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