AI Robot Artist’s Turing Portrait Fetches $1.1 Million at Sotheby’s
The robot was inspired by Alan Turing’s and his worries about the role of AI in the society of the future. Ironically.

A portrait of computer science pioneer Alan Turing by humanoid robot artist Ai-Da sold for $1.08 million at Sotheby's, marking another milestone in AI art's rapid market ascent. The sale price exceeded pre-auction estimates building on momentum from previous AI art breakthroughs.

The price nearly 10-X’d earlier predictions, which assumed that the piece wouldn’t top $180,000 at auction.

Michael Bouhanna, Sotheby's head of digital art, told Decrypt the timing reflected an emerging trend especially among younger people. "The combination of art and technology is gaining more interest," he said, "particularly among a younger generation of collectors."