Fast Company5 min read
This cool interactive visual argues that generative art began in a cave
Around 71,000 BCE, someone in a place now called Blombos Cave, on the southern coast of what is now South Africa, scratched crosshatched lines into a piece of ocher. No computer. No code. No prompt.
By Jesus DiazFast Company AI

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Originally published by Fast Company AI on Oct 13, 2026.
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