Claude Takes On Monet

The de Young Museum opened “Monet and Venice,” an exhibition focused on Monet’s paintings of the floating city.

Anthropic sponsored a room beside the galleries, installing two typewriters as interfaces for Claude and placing art books and paintbrushes on wooden desks.

Visitors could type questions about the exhibition; prompt length was advised to be eight to ten words.

Claude, an AI chatbot, printed answers onto the same sheet of cream cardstock using Monet information supplied by the museum.

The experience aimed to deepen knowledge of Monet but, the author says, did not; Anthropic’s sponsorship is cited as an example of AI firms seeking cultural cachet.