27 bids later: The first painting by a humanoid robot just sold for $1.08 million. Auctioned by Sotheby’s in New York, it was expected to go for $180,000, tops. The piece, titled “AI God,” is a portrait of Alan Turing, a renowned mathematician and computer scientist. The buyer got ripped off.
$180,000
What Sotheby’s hopes to fetch at auction for the first-ever artwork made by a humanoid robot. The piece, called “AI God,” is a portrait of Alan Turing, a key figure in the history of computer science and AI. Pretty fitting, right?