A portrait of English mathematician Alan Turing grew to become the primary art work 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 beneath the hammer at London public sale home Sotheby’s Digital Artwork Sale.
“Right this moment’s record-breaking sale worth for the primary art work by a humanoid robotic artist to go up for public sale marks a second within the historical past of recent and up to date artwork and displays the rising intersection between AI expertise and the worldwide artwork market,” stated the public sale home.
Ai-Da Robotic, which makes use of AI to talk, stated: “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 replicate on the god-like nature of AI and computing whereas contemplating the moral and societal implications of those developments”.
The ultra-realistic robotic, some of the superior on this planet, is designed to resemble a human lady with a face, giant eyes and a brown wig.