Forget AI image generators, an autonomous AI artist just made $351,600 at Sotheby's

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Forget AI image generators, an autonomous AI artist just made $351,600 at Sotheby's
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could replace human artists is that there will always need to be a human involved. Generative AI needs a human creative to tell it what to do. But don't tell that to Botto, a fully autonomous 'AI artist' who just raked in $351,600 in sales at the auction house Sotheby's, setting a new milestone in the

The non-human artist is now responsible for in excess of $4m in art sales since it began its art career in 2021. But Botto isn't a free spirit entirely. The AI bot generates images based on its own ideas without human prompting, but a 15,000-member community called BottoDao decides which of its thousands of outputs to mint as NFTs each week, which in turn shape's the AI artist's own taste..

Michael Bouhanna, Sotheby’s Head of Digital Art, said: “This exhibition, ‘Exorbitant Stage,’ not only marks a milestone in Botto’s journey but also underscores the transformative potential of AI in art. By inviting collective input from thousands, Botto challenges traditional concepts of artistic authorship and brings us closer to a future where human and machine collaboration becomes a defining force in art creation.

One of the first things you immediately notice when looking at Botto's work is how random it seems. Picasso's cubism may look radically different from his Blue Period, but it's still identifiable as Picasso, and it's possible to see the evolution of a particular voice and view of the world. Botto's work looks like it could have been produced by completely different entities.

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