by When the successful artist Ai-DA introduced a new portrait of King Charles this week, the humanoid robot described what the layered and complex piece inspired, and insisted that he had no plans to “replace” people.
The ultra-realistic robot, one of the most progressive in the world, is supposed to resemble a human woman with an expressive, lively face, large hazelnut brown eyes and brown hair in a bob.
However, the arms are unmistakably robots, with exposed metal and can be replaced depending on the form of art that practices it.
At the end of last year, Ai-Das portrait of the English mathematician Alan Turing became the first work of art of a humanoid robot, which was sold to the auction and collected over $ 1 million.
However, when Ai-DA presented his latest creation-a oil painting with the title “Algorithm King”, which was designed with artificial intelligence.
“The value of my work of art is to serve as a catalyst for discussions that examine ethical dimensions for new technologies,” said the AFP robot at the diplomatic mission of Great Britain in Geneva, where the new portrait of King Charles will be accommodated.
The idea that AI-DA was on a slow, deliberate cadence was “promoting critical thinking and promoting responsibility-conscious innovations for more fairer and more sustainable future”.
– ‘Unique and creative’ –
Ai-Da spoke on the edge of the United Nations AI for the good summit, which performed sketches, paintings and sculptures, the methods and inspiration for work.
“When creating my art, I use a variety of AI algorithms,” said the robot.
“I start with a basic idea or a concept that I want to research and think about the purpose of art. What will it say?”
The humanoid pointed out that “King Charles used his platform to raise awareness of environmental protection and interreligious dialogue. I aimed at this portrait to” celebrate “, said” I hope King Charles will appreciate my efforts “.
AIDAN Meller, a specialist in modern and contemporary art, led the team, who created AI-DA with specialists for artificial intelligence at the universities of Oxford and Birmingham in 2019.
He told AFP that he had created the humanoid robot – named after the world’s first computer programmer Ada Lovelace – as an ethical art project and not “replace the painters”.
AI-DA agreed.
There is “no doubt that AI changes our world (including) the art world and forms of human creative expression,” admitted the robot.
But “I don’t think AI or my works of art will replace human artists”.
Instead, said Ai-DA, the goal was to “inspire the audience to think about how we use AI positively and at the same time remain aware of its risks and limits”.
When asked whether a painting of a machine could really be considered art, the robot insisted that “my artwork is unique and creative”.
“Whether people decide that art is an important and interesting point of conversation.”
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