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Claude Opus 5.5 Composes Music, Prompting New Capability Speculation

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Blogger Simon Willison experimented with Claude Opus 5.5 to see if it could compose music, using a text-based format he designed. The AI produced music with a strong "Secret of Monkey Island" theme, which Willison found surprisingly good. He speculated that this musical composition ability might be a recent emergent capability for text-based models, similar to advancements in 3D graphics, and suggested further experiments to confirm its novelty. AI

IMPACT Suggests LLMs may be developing new creative capabilities like music composition, potentially impacting digital content creation.

RANK_REASON Blog post discussing a specific model's emergent capabilities based on an experiment.

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Claude Opus 5.5 Composes Music, Prompting New Capability Speculation

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  1. Simon Willison TIER_1 English(EN) ·

    Scrimshaw Jukebox

    <p><strong>Tool:</strong> <a href="https://tools.simonwillison.net/scrimshaw-jukebox">Scrimshaw Jukebox</a></p> <p>I wanted to see if Claude Opus 5.5 could compose music, so <a href="https://claude.ai/share/1f721c20-2499-4d23-b368-3ab57146d956">I tried this</a>:</p> <blockquote> …

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