Opus 5.5 recreates Jobs' 'Crazy Ones' ad in the browser
Using Steve Jobs' original narration, the author recreated the classic ad as an animated monochrome browser experience, with animation, sound design and code by Claude Opus 5.5.
When Steve Jobs died 15 years ago today, I was devastated. Later that day, I watched his narrated version of the iconic "Here's to the crazy ones" ad and actually started crying. It felt like he was reading his own obituary. I realized the ad had been about Steve all along. When I first saw the original version as a teenager, I decided to buy my first Mac. It took me four years of saving to finally buy one. I still think it’s the best ad ever made. It never mentions a product, but it sold me on the whole company. Sort of "Inception" for geeks, planting the single idea that turns you into a lifelong customer. So a few hours ago, when I realized what day it was, I decided to recreate it as an animated monochrome experience in the browser, with his narration. Animation, sound design, and code by Claude Opus 5.5 (ultracode), illustrations by GPT-Image-2.5, music by ElevenLabs. The narration is Steve's original recording, with the music removed for copyright reasons. This is a recording of it. You can find the website below 👇