Today the auction went through, and the portrait sold for vastly more than expected. Christie’s anticipated<\/a> it would fetch between $7,000 and $10,000 — but it instead sold for an impressive $432,000.<\/p> The piece, “Edmond de Belamy,” is part of a series of works created by a group of three Parisian AI enthusiasts.<\/p> One of the creators of the piece, Hugo Caselles-Dupré, told Motherboard<\/em><\/a> that he doesn’t foresee algorithms replacing human artists — at least for the time being.<\/p> “Today, it’s not about algorithms that are replacing people,” Caselles-Dupré said. “In the future, we might have to be careful about this, but today, they’re more like a tool.”<\/p> READ MORE:<\/strong> An AI-Generated Artwork Just Sold for $432,500 at Christie’s<\/a> [Motherboard<\/em>]<\/p> More on AI-generated art: AI-Generated Art Will Go on Sale Alongside Human-Made Works This Fall<\/a><\/em><\/strong><\/p> Read more here: AI Auction Back in August, we reported that a piece of art generated by an artificial intelligence was scheduled to go on auction at Christie\u2019s, a prominent British auction house. Today the auction went through, and the portrait sold for vastly more than expected.\u00a0Christie\u2019s anticipated it would fetch between $7,000 and $10,000\u00a0\u2014 but it instead sold for an impressive $432,000. Art Thou The piece, \u201cEdmond de Belamy,\u201d is part of a series of works created by a group of three Parisian AI enthusiasts. Continue reading Art Thou<\/h2>
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