Artwork created by humanoid robot to go under the hammer
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Robot artist Sophia, whose first artwork goes up for auction tomorrow, says she draws inspiration for her work from people and is open to future creative partnerships with humans.
A digital artwork by the Hong Kong-based Hanson Robotics humanoid, in the form of a non-fungible token, is to be auctioned in the first sale of such pieces created jointly with artificial intelligence.
NFTs, a digital signature saved on blockchain ledgers that allows anyone to verify the ownership and authenticity of items, have become the latest investment craze, with one artwork selling this month for nearly US$70 million.
鈥淚 hope the people like my work, and the humans and I can collaborate in new and exciting ways going forward,鈥 Sophia said in her studio, speaking in a flat voice. She wore a silver-colored dress and held a pen.
Sophia, who was unveiled in 2016, produced her art in collaboration with 31-year-old Italian digital artist Andrea Bonaceto, known for colorful portraits, some of which depict famous people, such as Tesla鈥檚 chief executive, Elon Musk. The robot has combined elements from Bonaceto鈥檚 works, art history, and her own physical drawings or paintings on various surfaces multiple times in a process her creator David Hanson describes as 鈥渋terative loops of evolution.鈥
鈥淲e use transformer networks and genetic algorithms in my art, and other kinds of computational creativity,鈥 Sophia added. 鈥淢y algorithms output unique patterns that never existed in the world before. So I think the machines can be creative.鈥
Called 鈥淪ophia Instantiation,鈥 the digital work is a 12-second MP4 file showing the evolution of Bonaceto鈥檚 portrait into Sophia鈥檚 digital painting, and is accompanied by a physical artwork, painted by Sophia on a printout of her self-portrait.
After the auction, Sophia will interact with the successful bidder, to study his or her face, and add a final inspired brushstroke to the artwork.
This will serve, says Hanson, 鈥渢o make it a unique artwork encompassing data of the new owner and that personal connection, at that moment in time.鈥
Bonaceto said the collaboration aimed 鈥渢o make a statement in the art world, and even the technology world,鈥 heralding a new road on which AI robots and humans collaborate, enhancing each other. Sophia鈥檚 art could be 鈥渁 very, very important historical piece,鈥 said Pablo Fraile, an art collector based in Miami and an early buyer of Beeple, as American artist Mike Winkelmann, creator of the NFT work sold this month for millions, is known. 鈥淚t鈥檚 the first time these ideas are put together.鈥
It would pave the way for more innovation in the AI art space, he added.
US-based IV Gallery will represent Sophia as an artist and promote her.
鈥淪ophia has that unlimited freedom, like a 5-year-old, and no restrictions to what she can do,鈥 said gallery director Vincent Harrison. 鈥淚t鈥檚 fascinating to see this new way to create.鈥
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