Claude Picks the Voynich Manuscript, Makes a Movie — and It Cost About $85 in Tokens
emollick · x · 2026-09-18
Ethan Mollick asked Claude to "pick a problem that obsesses you, solve it, and make a movie about it." Claude chose the Voynich Manuscript, failed to crack it, but produced an interesting explainer film. Mollick warns against prompt-induced self-anthropomorphism, and notes the full analysis (with many agents) plus the movie would have cost $85 in tokens on Fable 5.1 — it fit within his Claude usage limit.
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