ヒューマノイドによるアート作品、２億円で落札 ロンドン

【ロンドンＡＦＰ＝時事】人工知能（ＡＩ）を用いたヒューマノイド（人間型ロボット）が描いた絵画が７日、世界で初めて競売に出品され、予想の１８万ドル（約２７００万円）を大きく上回る１３２万ドル（約２億円）で落札された。（写真は制作した作品とヒューマノイド〈人間型ロボット〉の「アイダ」。ロンドン・デザイン・ビエンナーレで）
　英ロンドンで行われた競売大手サザビーズの「デジタルアートセール」に出品されたのは、現代コンピュータ科学の父の一人と称される英国の数学者アラン・チューリングの肖像画で、タイトルは「ＡＩの神（ＡＩ Ｇｏｄ）」。世界初の人間そっくりに製作されたロボットアーティスト「アイダ（Ａｉ－Ｄａ）」が描いた。
　サザビーズは「きょう、ヒューマノイドアーティストによる初の作品が記録的な価格で落札されたことは、モダンアート、コンテンポラリーアートの歴史における一つの節目であり、ＡＩ技術と世界のアート市場が交差する地点の広がりを反映している」と述べた。
　ＡＩ技術を用いて会話をするアイダは「私の作品は、新しい技術について対話を促す触媒となるところに主な価値がある。先駆者アラン・チューリングの肖像画は見る者に、ＡＩとコンピューター技術の神のような性質を考えさせるとともに、こうした進歩がもたらす倫理的および社会的影響についても熟考する機会を提供する」と述べた。【翻訳編集ＡＦＰＢＢＮｅｗｓ】

〔ＡＦＰ＝時事〕（2024/11/08-18:31）

A portrait of English mathematician Alan Turing became the first artwork by a humanoid robot to be sold at auction, fetching more than $1.0 million on Thursday.
The 2.2-metre (7.5-foot) portrait A.I. God by Ai-Da, the world's first ultra-realistic robot artist, went for $1,084,800, smashing pre-sale expectations of $180,000 at auction house Sotheby's Digital Art Sale.
Today's record-breaking sale price for the first artwork by a humanoid robot artist to go up for auction marks a moment in the history of modern and contemporary art and reflects the growing intersection between A.I. technology and the global art market, said the auction house.
Ai-Da Robot, which uses AI to speak, said: The key value of my work is its capacity to serve as a catalyst for dialogue about emerging technologies.
Ai-Da added that a portrait of pioneer Alan Turing invites viewers to reflect on the god-like nature of AI and computing while considering the ethical and societal implications of these advancements.
The ultra-realistic robot, one of the most advanced in the world, is designed to resemble a human woman with a face, large eyes and a brown wig.
Ai-Da is named after Ada Lovelace, the world's first computer programmer and was devised by Aidan Meller, a specialist in modern and contemporary art.
The greatest artists in history grappled with their period of time, and both celebrated and questioned society's shifts, said Meller.
Ai-Da Robot as technology, is the perfect artist today to discuss the current developments with technology and its unfolding legacy, he added.
Ai-Da generates ideas through conversations with members of the studio and suggested creating an image of Turing during a discussion about A.I. for good.
The robot was then asked what style, colour, content, tone and texture to use, before using cameras in its eyes to look at a picture of Turing and create the painting.
Meller led the team that created Ai-Da with artificial intelligence specialists at the universities of Oxford and Birmingham in England.
Turing, who made his name as a World War II codebreaker, mathematician and early computer scientist, had raised concerns about the use of AI in the 1950s, he added.
The artwork's muted tones and broken facial planes seemingly suggested the struggles Turing warned we will face when it comes to managing AI, he said.
Ai-Da's works were ethereal and haunting and continue to question where the power of AI will take us, and the global race to harness its power, he added.