Painting by the AI robot Ai-Da sells for more than $1m at Sotheby's

"I do not have subjective experiences; I am dependent on computer programmes ... although I'm not alive, I can still create art," the robot told members of the Communications and Digital committee during a 2022 speech at the House of Lords in the UK.

Ai-Da Robot was developed by a team led by Oxford gallerist Aidan Meller. Ai-Da is able to paint and draw using cameras in its eyes and robotic arms.

The painting A.I. God. Portrait of Alan Turing (2024) depicts Alan Turing, the English mathematician and Second World War cryptanalyst who is remembered as a pioneer of AI and computer science.

Sotheby's initially reported the sale soaring to $1.3m. Still, even the $1m figure is more than five times the high end of the painting's $120,000 to $180,000 estimate.

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