Overview
- Torvalds disclosed in the AudioNoise README that Google Antigravity generated the Python audio sample visualizer via a prompt-driven workflow.
- He said the AI-produced code met his expectations and was more effective than writing it by hand for this task.
- AudioNoise remains a public GPLv2 repository with simple C DSP effects written by Torvalds, and there are no changes to Linux or Git.
- Varun Mohan of Google DeepMind publicly welcomed the use of Antigravity, calling it an honor.
- The episode highlights growing use of 'vibe coding' for rapid prototypes and renews discussion about code quality, maintainability, and licensing of AI-generated code.