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Science fiction promised us robot butlers, but it seems they rather fancy themselves as artists instead.
And who can blame them?
The Ai-Da robot (seen here standing in front of her record-setting ‘AI God’ painting) uses a combination of cameras in her eyes, AI algorithms, and a robotic arm to make her artworks.
That’s a more appealing lifestyle than having to sprint around aBoston Dynamics assault course.
Call that job satisfaction?
“Just her existence is quite controversial for the art world,” he added.
The Ai-Da robot (seen here standing in front of her record-setting ‘AI God’ painting) uses a combination of cameras in her eyes, AI algorithms, and a robotic arm to make her artworks.
Given the reaction to the ‘A.I.
God’ painting, her presence is also pretty controversial for amateur artists, too.
Meller prefers to see Ai-Da as the natural successor to the artistic disruptors of the past.
“History is littered with artists that society called non-artists.
Everyone from Picasso to Matisse challenged peoples idea of what art was during their time.
Because it didnt fit into their conception of what art should be,” he told us.
A combination of Ai-Da and human artists apply the finishing textures to her artworks – which means she is very much a “machine-human collaboration”, as her creators describe her.
The heart of the project is a robot artist that explores the impact new technologies are having on society.
Who’s really holding the brush?
She painted 15 images of Alan Turing and then selected three to be combined together to form A.I.
Ai-Da has also perfected the artful side-glance pose perfected by artists over the decades.
God," he added.
But what does this all mean for the future of art?
History is littered with artists that society called non-artists.
Everyone from Picasso to Matisse challenged peoples idea of what art was during their time.
“The auction shows that AI is on the rise and it is going to change society enormously”.
That last point is up for debate and will likely remain so indefinitely.
The makers of the popular digital art appProcreate, for example, recently said itwill never embrace generative AI.
I dont like whats happening in the industry and I dont like what its doing to artists."
That’s something Meller echoed when we asked him why Ai-Da was created in the first place.
AI has infiltrated every part of our lives.
And Meller admits that Ai-Da is as much as a conduit for debate as an established artist.
But Meller disagrees, seeing Ai-Da’s approach as the latest development of how humans are using technology.
Ultimately, photography and art learned to not only co-exist, but to develop a symbiotic relationship.
The French painter Degas was influenced by photography, while holding a contempt for the commercialized industry it became.
As ‘pictorialist’ photographers sought to imitate traditional watercolors, painters moved towards impressionism.
Will AI-driven art and human artists do the same, rather than seeking to extinguish each other?
History would suggest so.
Whatever the financial or artistic merits of the ‘A.I.
