Robot artist 'Ai-Da Robot' will make history later this month as the first humanoid robot artist to have an artwork auctioned by a major auction house.
'A.I. God', a large-scale portrait of the father of modern computing Alan Turing, will go under the hammer at Sotheby’s Digital Art Sale, which runs from 31 October to 7 November.
The 7.5 feet tall artwork was created using Ai-Da Robot’s artificial intelligence (AI) algorithms and was first exhibited at the United Nations in May as part of a five-paneled Polyptych.
'A.I. God’ is expected to make £100,000 - £150,000 (€120,000 - €180,000) at auction.
Sotheby’s week-long Digital Art Sale highlights the intersection of art and technology, offering collectors an opportunity to acquire digital artworks.
Aidan Meller, Director of the Ai-Da Robot Studio said that in the 1950s, Alan Turing raised concerns over the use of AI.
"Ai-Da’s portrait hauntingly evokes Alan Turing, using muted tones and broken facial planes, and a background with shadowy forms of the Bombe machine," Mr Meller said.
"The artwork seemingly suggests the struggles Turing warned we will face when it comes to managing AI," he added.
Ai-Da is described as an ultra-realistic robot artist that produces drawings, paintings, sculptures and performance art.
Ai-Da was devised in Oxford and programmed internationally.
