Is this art? AI-generated portrait fetches over $400,000 at auction

Is this art? AI-generated portrait fetches over $400,000 at auction

6 years ago
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https://newatlas.com/ai-art-auction-obvious-belamy/56984/

Last week, the first ever work of AI-generated art to be sold by a major auction house fetched US$432,500. The work, entitled Portrait of Edmond Belamy, is a depiction of a fictional character and sold for an astounding 45 times its upper estimate. However, many in the AI art community are frustrated such a basic example of algorithmic art has achieved this success.