With increasingly advanced and accessible AI image generators, the use of artificial intelligence in art is a burning subject. But what happens when “the art of AI” means a physical portrait painted by a robot instead of a digitally generated image? The Sotheby auction house intends to discover it at its Digital art auction From October 31. The supply of auction stars is “AI God. Portrait of Alan Turing ”, painted in mixed media on canvas by robot AI-DA.
Sotheby’s estimated that the table will sell from $ 120,000 to $ 180,000. Appropriately, cryptocurrency payments are accepted.
Painting is an abstract portrait of mathematician and computer scientists Alan Turingknown for having cracked the code on the Enigma cryptography machines during the Second World War. Creation to ask for “can machines think?” As inspired and warning, he is recognized today as a pioneer in artificial intelligence. The painter, Ai-Da, created by the owner of the British gallery Aidan Meller, has cameras for the eyes and uses robotic arms to grasp a brush and follow algorithms (sets of mathematical instructions) to paint. “Have God.” was displayed in an exhibition at Ai for a good world summit At the United Nations in Geneva, Switzerland, earlier this year.
Meller said CBS Moneywatch“What makes this work of art different from other works generated by AI is that with AI-Da, there is a physical manifestation, and it is the first time that a work of a robot of this type has come at auction.” He also says: “There is a lot of innovation – a large number of robots manifest themselves – and they will eventually perform all kinds of different tasks. Art is a way to discuss the incredible changes in society that occurs because of technology. ”
Humanoid machines, or automata, which can create images have existed for hundreds of years. One of the most famous, Maillardet PLCWas built by a Swiss watchmaking around 1800. However, automata like these are generally considered to imitate human actions, and not creating works of art. It is unlikely that Sotheby auction will govern the question of whether the machines can create art. However, one thing that the auction can tell us is whether the painting of AI-Da creates a monetary value. For some art collectors, this is the most important question of all.