Posted on 10/24/2018 12:20:11 PM PDT by C19fan
Christie's, the auction house that has sold paintings by Picasso and Monet at record prices, is now poised to set another milestone with the first-ever auction of art created by artificial intelligence.
The AI-generated 'Portrait of Edmond Belamy' depicts a slightly blurry, chubby man in a dark frock-coat and white collar.
His off-centre position leaves enough white space to show the artist's signature as 'min max Ex[log(D(x))] + Ez[log(1-D(G(z)))].
The painting - which will go under the hammer on Thursday in New York - is expected to fetch as much as $10,000 (£7,700).
The artwork is one of a group of portraits of the fictional Belamy family created by a Paris-based trio of 25-year-olds.
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Creepy pictures.
It looks like my neighbor, Steve.
Keep your leaves off my lawn, Steve!
This is how artificial intelligence sees humans.
I’ll buy that for a dollar.
That looks like my neighbor Steve, too.
Keep your stinking leaves off my lawn, Steve!
Imagine owning the first hand made model T.
This is what Joe Biden would call a Big F’n Deal.
do we all have a neighbor named Steve... keep your dogs from sitting on my lawn, Steve.
So...did they AI feel a rush of inspiration to paint like an actual artist, or was it simply programmed to do so?
A thing of beauty it is not.
So it’s a computer print?
AI is composing (s)hit pop tunes too now.
I stuck a paint brush up my dog’s butt and got her to chase a cat around a room full of gobs of paint and a canvass. I’m trying to decide whether to put it up for sale or donate it to the museum of modern art.
so does the computer get the $$$$$???
Moriarty: Why did you ask me here for this meeting today, Holmes?
Holms: I'm sure as well as you know me, that answer has already crossed your mind.
Moriarty: And I'm sure as well as you know me, my reply has already crossed yours.
Holmes: And you have nothing more to say on the subject?
Moriarty: Not at all.
Holmes: Then this meeting is over......
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