The robot was inspired by Alan Turing and his worries about the role of AI in the society of the future. Ironically.

A portrait of Alan Turing created by a robot has been auctioned for more than £800,000 and made history in the process. Ai-Da Robot, named after Ada Lovelace, who is considered to be the first computer programmer, has become the first humanoid robotic artist to have their artwork sold by a major auction house.

The “world’s first ultra-realistic robot artist” has sold a portrait of Alan Turing – the codebreaking trailblazer of modern computer science – for over $1 million. The sale marks the first work of art by a humanoid robot to be sold at auction (although,