The Evolution of AI, Told by Claude ⏰ (yes, I let Claude narrate its own family history)

This week's challenge was an interactive timeline, and I could not resist. What if Claude told the story of AI, from Turing's big question in 1950 to Claude itself, and poked fun at its own ancestors along the way? 🤖

I built it as a Rise 360 Microlearning using a Code Block. The video was created using Articulate's AI Avatar tool with Claude as my co creator.

Learners meet Claude in a short intro video, then click through 8 eras in any order.

Each one opens with Claude's narration, plus two things they can choose to dig into: "Show the receipts" for the facts and "Claude's hot take" for the commentary.

Explore all 8 and Claude unlocks a closing thought. There's also a Surprise me button for the indecisive. 🎲

Why I built it this way: A timeline shouldn't feel like a row of dates. The learner decides what to open, what to skip, and when to laugh.

The humor is doing real work too. If someone remembers that ELIZA only asked questions and Deep Blue couldn't write an email, the history stuck.

Some fun facts:

• Clocks drift down the background, using a clock image I supplied, because it's a timeline and I committed to the bit ⏰
• I created the Claude character using Articulate's AI Avatar which started as a prompt, then I brought it to life as an image and a video
• The video wrapper has custom controls, speed options, and a transcript

Claude wrote a lot of the code and I steered the design, which is honestly how most of my projects go now.

Have a look and tell me which era surprised you most! 👇

The Evolution of AI, Told by Claude