The first robotic artist with realistic human appearance is about to make history once again, her most recent work a portrait of Alan Turing is auctioned in London next month titled Ai-God, the portrait of Turing measures 2 meters high and symbolizes the complexity of the legacy of this genius, considered one of the pillars of modern computing.
Valued between 100,000 and 150,000, this work not only shows Turing's face but also a deep reflection on “the intersection between technology and the human being”, the sale will take place online from October 31 to November 7 and forms part of a special exhibition dedicated to digital art.
This event explores the boundaries between art and cutting-edge technology with Ai-da at the center of this intersection, challenging traditional concepts of what creativity is, the robot was created in 2019 as a result of the British gallery owner Aidan Meller who collaborated with experts from the universities of Oxford and Birmingham.
Using Artificial Intelligence, cameras in her eyes and bionic hands Ai-da is able to create works of art completely autonomously without human intervention, her creative process is guided by complex algorithms that allow her to make brush strokes with unique precision, and It is no coincidence that Alan Turing was chosen as a subject, he is known for his reflections on the potential and dangers of Artificial Intelligence.
Decades ago Alan Turing already warned about the challenges they would face with the advancement of intelligent machines, this warning resonates in today's world where AI has become a powerful tool and at the same time a topic of intense ethical debates, Meller the Ai-da's creator explains that the work's “soft tones and fragmented facial planes” represent precisely those challenges, reflecting Turing's vision of the dilemmas of the future of AI.
Although this is the first time that Ai-da has auctioned a work and she is a veteran in the art world, since her solo exhibition in Oxford her works have been exhibited at renowned events, such as the Venice Biennale or even the UN during the “Ai for good” initiative.
Ai-da's success comes at a time when the boundaries between human creativity and machine production are increasingly blurred, raising interesting questions: can a machine really create? Where does the logic of creativity end? ia and human intuition begins?
