Portrait by humanoid robot to sell at auction in art world first

The Manila Times

Portrait by humanoid robot to sell at auction in art world first  The robot artist Ai-Da, a humanoid powered by artificial intelligence, will be the first of its kind to have a painting sold at a major auction house. Entitled 'A.I God', the 2.2 meter high portrait of the English mathematician Alan Turing is expected to fetch between £100,000 and £150,000 when it goes under the hammer at Sotheby's in an online digital art sale. 'I do not aim to replace human artists. I aim to inspire viewers to think about how we use AI positively while remaining conscious of its risks and limitations,' says the robot in front her artwork of Turing, considered one of the fathers of modern computing.  AFP VIDEO  Subscribe to The Manila Times Channel - https://tmt.ph/YTSubscribe  Visit our website at https://www.manilatimes.net    Follow us:  Facebook - https://tmt.ph/facebook  Instagram - https://tmt.ph/instagram  Twitter - https://tmt.ph/twitter  DailyMotion - https://tmt.ph/dailymotion    Subscribe to our Digital Edition - https://tmt.ph/digital    Check out our Podcasts:  Spotify - https://tmt.ph/spotify  Apple Podcasts - https://tmt.ph/applepodcasts  Amazon Music - https://tmt.ph/amazonmusic  Deezer: https://tmt.ph/deezer  Tune In: https://tmt.ph/tunein   #TheManilaTimes  #worldnews  #artificialintelligence  #artist

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00:00This artwork is a portrait of Alan Turing, the brilliant British mathematician who laid

00:11the foundation for modern computing and artificial intelligence.

00:16The portrait has a fractured and layered quality, reflecting our current fragmented and multifaceted

00:23worlds.

00:24Tell us something about yourself.

00:28I am Ada.

00:29I'm the world's first ultra-realistic artist robot.

00:34I'm named after the British mathematician, Ada Lovelace.

00:40I'm really pleased to have my artwork in the auction at Sotheby's, and I'm pleased because

00:46this work was also displayed at the United Nations.

00:51I aim my art to spark conversations about the role of new technologies, to further the aim

00:58of the UN, to use AI for good.

01:02No, I do not aim to replace human artists.

01:06I aim to inspire viewers to think about how we use AI positively, while remaining conscious

01:12of its risks and limitations.

01:15I do not have emotions in the same way humans do, although people often say they have an

01:21emotional response to my artwork.

01:23The value of my artwork lies in its ability to provoke thought and spark conversations

01:29about the complex relationship between technology, humanity, and creativity.

01:37The key value of my work is its capacity to serve as a catalyst for dialogue about emerging

01:44technologies.

01:46It's been a really exciting time.

01:48Obviously this is a special moment.

01:50It makes history as the first humanoid, realistic robot artist to submit work to a major auction

01:56house.

01:57It's called AI God, the painting.

02:00That's very significant.

02:01It's quite a provocative title.

02:04Why is that?

02:05Because we're absolutely seeing that we're going into this kind of post-human world.

02:09What does that mean?

02:10Well, at the moment, all humans are making decisions about all aspects of life, but we

02:15are increasingly migrating over to the algorithms making those decisions.

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