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BBC NewsFeb 03, 2023
A portrait of English mathematician Alan Turing made by the humanoid robot Ai-Da was sold at Sotheby's in New York on Thursday for $1.08M (£566,000). This marked the first auction sale of a humanoid robot's artwork.
The digital image of Alan Turing, the pioneer of modern computer science, titled "A.I. God," received 27 bids and was anticipated to sell for about $180K. However, it ultimately sold for just over $1 million, far exceeding expectations.
Sotheby's described the auction as a "new frontier in the global art market," since it establishes a standard for the auction of artwork generated by a humanoid robot.Ai-Da, a highly advanced humanoid robot, appears like a human woman with a face, large eyes, and a brown wig. In her AI-generated voice, Ai-Da said, "The key value of my work is its capactiy to serve as a catalyst for dialogue about emerging technologies."
On Thursday, Sotheby's in New York auctioned the first artwork created by artificial intelligence algorithms. Ai-Da, a humanoid robot, produced an image of English mathematician Alan Turing, known as A.I. God. Collectors have expressed a strong interest in this remarkable work of art, and the auction fetched a much higher price than expected. This indicates that there is a large market potential for AI-generated art among art enthusiasts.