’Ai-Da: Portrait of the Robot’ at the Design Museum

Subscribe: Can a robot be an artist? Do we want to see art made by artificial intelligence? Ai-Da is the world’s first robot artist making drawings and paintings, blurring the distinction between art made by a human artist and art made by a robot. In an exhibition at the Design Museum in London, The Art Channel assesses the art made by Ai-Da and whether it is interesting or creatively valuable. We are entering a new age where many tasks formerly performed by the human hand will in future be undertaken by machines. What are the implications and what are the ethical problems? Let us know your responses in the comments section below.