A portrait of English mathematician Alan Turing turned the primary paintings by a humanoid robotic to be offered at public sale, fetching US$1.32 million on Thursday (Nov 7).
The two.2m portrait AI God by Ai-Da, the world’s first ultra-realistic robotic artist, smashed pre-sale expectations of US$180,000 when it went below the hammer at London public sale home Sotheby’s Digital Artwork Sale.
“As we speak’s record-breaking sale value for the primary paintings by a humanoid robotic artist to go up for public sale marks a second within the historical past of contemporary and modern artwork and displays the rising intersection between AI know-how and the worldwide artwork market,” mentioned the public sale home.
Ai-Da Robotic, which makes use of AI to talk, mentioned: “The important thing worth of my work is its capability to function a catalyst for dialogue about rising applied sciences.”
Ai-Da added {that a} “portrait of pioneer Alan Turing invitations viewers to mirror on the god-like nature of AI and computing whereas contemplating the moral and societal implications of those developments”.
The ultra-realistic robotic, one of the crucial superior on the earth, is designed to resemble a human lady with a face, giant eyes and a brown wig.
