Rubin: Artwork for 'The Way of Code' generates directly from book text
Rick Rubin · Rick Rubin: Vibe Coding is the Punk Rock of Software · May 28, 2025 · at 2:30
Rick Rubin explains to a16z partner Anjney Midha how the dynamic generative artwork on 'The Way of Code' interactive software is derived directly from the manuscript's verses.
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“The idea of originally the anthropic people said, could you give us a list of prompts to create the art? And I said, I think the art would be best created using the text of the book.”
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