LONDON, Nov 8 : A painting by an AI robot of versatile British mathematician Alan Turing, considered the father of theoretical computer science and acclaimed for cracking Germany’s encrypted messages during World War-II, has sold for $1,084,800 (?836,667) at an auction on Friday, according to BBC.
Sotheby’s Auctions said there were 27 bids for the digital art sale of “A.I. God”, which had been originally estimated to sell for between $120,000 (?9,252) and $180,000 (?139,000).
The auction house said the historic sale “launches a new frontier in the global art market, establishing the auction benchmark for an artwork by a humanoid robot”.
It added the painting by Ai-Da Robot is “the first humanoid robot artist to have an artwork sold at auction”.
Sotheby’s said the painting was bought by an undisclosed buyer for a price “far outstripping the artwork’s estimate price”.
The auction house said the sale price for the first artwork by a humanoid robot artist “marks a moment in the history of modern and contemporary art and reflects the growing intersection between A.I. technology and the global art market”.
Ai-Da Robot, which uses an advanced AI language model to speak, said: “The key value of my work is its capacity to serve as a catalyst for dialogue about emerging technologies.”
“Alan Turing recognised this potential, and stares at us, as we race towards this future.”
Aidan Meller, director of the Ai-Da Robot Studios, said: “This auction is an important moment for the visual arts, where Ai-Da’s artwork brings focus on artworld and societal changes, as we grapple with the rising age of AI. (UNI)
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