Attempt to Recreate 1996 Space Jam Website Using Claude AI Fails
By
thecr0w
A baker's-dozen of insight crammed into one ring.
Summary
The article documents the author's failed attempt to use Claude AI to recreate the 1996 Space Jam website from screenshots. The author, an engineering manager with a computer science degree, shares their frustration and technical challenges in trying to preserve the iconic website through AI recreation. The piece includes engagement from the Hacker News community and showcases other people's attempts at the same challenge, while expressing a plea for help in achieving this preservation goal.
Key quotes
· 5 pulledCan Claude Recreate the 1996 Space Jam Website? No. Or at least not with my prompting skills.
Believe me, I'm an engineering manager with a computer science degree. Please please please help 😞
Note: please help, because I'd like to preserve this website forever and there's no other way to do it besides getting Claude to recreate it from a screenshot.
Since writing this post, a few people have reached out to show me their attempts.
Final note: I use 'he' to refer to Claude
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