Christie’s New York expects to sell a painting created by artificial intelligence for at least $7,000. "Portrait of Edmond de Belamy," "depicts
a man in a dark coat and white collar with indecipherable facial features that reside somewhere in the uncanny valley."
The painting was created by a French collective known as Obvious. They plan to use the proceeds from the sale to further train their algorithm and maybe even get into 3D modeling. A member of the collective said they were "interested in the philosophical approach behind this," asking, "Can an algorithm be creative?"
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