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    Photos: NFT digital artwork by humanoid robot Sophia up for auction

    Artwork to be auctioned is the first sale of such pieces created jointly with an AI


    Published:  March 23, 2021 16:06 Reuters  and  Compiled by Nathaniel Lacsina, Senior Web Editor
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    Robot artist Sophia gallery
    Hong Kong: Robot artist Sophia, whose first artwork goes up for auction on Wednesday, says she draws inspiration for her work from people and is open to future creative partnerships with humans. Image Credit: Reuters
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    Robot artist Sophia gallery
    A digital artwork by the Hong Kong-based Hanson Robotics humanoid, in the form of a Non-Fungible Token (NFT), is to be auctioned in the first sale of such pieces created jointly with artificial intelligence (AI). Image Credit: Reuters
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    Robot artist Sophia gallery
    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 $70 million. Image Credit: Reuters
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    "I hope the people like my work, and the humans and I can collaborate in new and exciting ways going forward," Sophia said in her studio, speaking in a flat voice. She wore a silver-coloured dress and held a pen. Image Credit: Reuters
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    Robot artist Sophia gallery
    Sophia, who was unveiled in 2016, produced her art in collaboration with 31-year-old Italian digital artist Andrea Bonaceto, known for colourful portraits, some of which depict famous people, such as Tesla's chief executive, Elon Musk. Image Credit: Reuters
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    Robot artist Sophia gallery
    The robot has combined elements from Bonaceto's works, art history, and her own physical drawings or paintings on various surfaces multiple times in a process her creator David Hanson describes as "iterative loops of evolution". Image Credit: Reuters
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    Robot artist Sophia gallery
    "We use transformer networks and genetic algorithms in my art, and other kinds of computational creativity," Sophia added. "My algorithms output unique patterns that never existed in the world before. So I think the machines can be creative." Image Credit: Reuters
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    Robot artist Sophia gallery
    Called "Sophia Instantiation", the digital work is a 12-second MP4 file showing the evolution of Bonaceto's portrait into Sophia's digital painting, and is accompanied by a physical artwork, painted by Sophia on a printout of her self-portrait. Image Credit: Reuters
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    Robot artist Sophia gallery
    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. Image Credit: Reuters
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    Robot artist Sophia gallery
    This will serve, says Hanson, "to make it a unique artwork encompassing data of the new owner and that personal connection, at that moment in time." Image Credit: Reuters
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    Robot artist Sophia gallery
    Bonaceto said the collaboration aimed "to make a statement in the art world, and even the technology world," heralding a new road on which AI robots and humans collaborate, enhancing each other. Image Credit: Reuters
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    Robot artist Sophia gallery
    Sophia's art could be "a very, very important historical piece," 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. Image Credit: Reuters
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    Robot artist Sophia gallery
    "It's the first time these ideas are put together." 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. Image Credit: Reuters
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    Robot artist Sophia gallery
    "Sophia has that unlimited freedom, like a five-year-old has, and no restrictions to what she can do," said gallery director Vincent Harrison. "It's fascinating to see this new way to create." Image Credit: Reuters
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