I sometimes like to put an image into AI and ask for a story. Today I wondered how Claude would cope if the image was a simple stickman.
Here’s what it gave me…
They told me it would be painless. They always tell you it will be painless.
I was seventy-three when they fitted the first interface. A volunteer, they called me. Pioneer. That word tasted sweet once. Now it sits in my throat like old copper wire. They needed someone whose mind had already softened at the edges, they said. Someone whose memories had grown loose, easy to pull free like teeth from rotting gum. The young ones held too tight. Their thoughts fought back. Mine, they said, would cooperate.
Continue reading “Lost Memories: A Tale of Memory Extraction at Seventy-Three”
For this story I thought I would begin by seeing what image Midjourney would conjure up with the single-word prompt ‘Art’. It gave me a few but there was something abut this one that intrigued me.
I put the image into Claude with the prompt, ‘Use this unusual picture as a prompt for a somewhat eerie 300 word short story.’ I used the latest version of Claude which is Opus 4.6 and it took a while ‘thinking’ before it actually produced this story.
Continue reading “The Silent Portrait: A Tale of Artistic Horror”
Every now and again I give an AI a single prompt and let it write a short story. I do not edit the result. I simply choose one worth keeping. Below you will find the exact prompt, the story it produced, and one brief thought that stayed with me after reading. Nothing more.
Write a short story of about 300 words set entirely in a doctors waiting room that never seems to empty. Do not explain why the queue exists. Focus on small actions and overheard fragments of conversation.
Today I have a story for you to read, listen to, or both. The story was written by Claude and the narration was created using ElevenLabs. Enjoy.
Continue reading “What Happens When Light and Shadows Fight?”
The AI Grandad 