Portrait by AI program sells for $432,000
Source: BBC
An artwork created by an artificially intelligent program has been sold at auction for $432,000 (£337,000).
The final price is far higher than the $7,000-$10,000 estimate put on it by Christie's in New York before the sale.
The painting, called Portrait of Edmond Belamy, was created by a Paris-based art collective called Obvious.
The artwork was produced using an algorithm and a data set of 15,000 portraits painted between the 14th and 20th Centuries.
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Why? What makes this better then any random book cover illustration knocked out quickly?
Jeroen
(1,061 posts)secondwind
(16,903 posts)xor
(1,204 posts)then maybe art and other creative works done by humans will have the premium....or maybe it will be worthless because once all jobs are done by robots and AI then the only thing for humans to do will be creative works. Which means the market will be filled with horrible human made art that no one wants. Damn it. We're dooomed.
CanisCrocinus
(109 posts)Silver1
(721 posts)That woman is brilliant!
JohnnyRingo
(18,641 posts)First thing I noticed as well.
This painting is the one Banksy should have shredded in a sane world.
NJCher
(35,731 posts)🤣
SunSeeker
(51,698 posts)What a waste of money. There are so many more worthy causes, and actual artists, to spend money on.
joshcryer
(62,276 posts)The history behind art pieces is important as well as the efforts made to produce it.
paleotn
(17,960 posts)The reason I don't fear SkyNet? Siri. Now I have another reason.
allgood33
(1,584 posts)And will never use it for any good.
suffragette
(12,232 posts)lagomorph777
(30,613 posts)(Artificial Investor)