Ai-Da, the robot artist in front of his work, Thursday.Keystone
The art world reached a new milestone with the first auction on Thursday of a work entirely created by a “robot-artist”.
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A portrait of the English mathematician Alan Turing was sold on Thursday for 1.2 million euros (1.13 million Swiss francs), becoming the first work of art created by a humanoid robot sold at auction, Sotheby’s announced.
The work, entitled “AI God”, created by “Ai-Da”, the world’s first ultra-realistic robot artist, shattered forecasts to reach $1.3 million, when of an online sale by the auction house.
Milestone in art history
“The record sale price achieved today for the first work of art by a humanoid robot artist to be auctioned marks a milestone in the history of modern and contemporary art and reflects the growing intersection between the technology of artificial intelligence and the global art market,” said the auction house.
“The core value of my work is its ability to serve as a catalyst for dialogue on emerging technologies”said the robot artist, who expresses himself through an AI.
The ultra-realistic robot resembles a woman with big eyes and a brown wig, and is one of the most advanced in the world.
Ai-Da is named after Ada Lovelace, considered a computer pioneer, and was designed by Aidan Meller, a specialist in modern and contemporary art.
Robot artist
This robot artist, who uses AI to create paintings or sculptures, has cameras in his eyes and his bionic hands. It moves and expresses itself autonomously, without human intervention.
Alan Turing, a mathematician and cryptologist during the Second World War, considered one of the fathers of computing, had been concerned about the future uses of AI since the 1950s.
Ai-Da’s works ask us “where the power of AI will take us, as well as the global race to harness that power,” he added. (ats/afp)
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