HONG KONG (Reuters) – Digital artwork by Sophia humanoid robot was sold at auction on Thursday for $ 688,888 in Non-Fungal Token (NFT) format.
NFTs, a digital signature saved on blockchain ledgers that allows anyone to verify the ownership and authenticity of items, has grown to become the latest investment boon, with one artwork selling this month for nearly $ 70 million.
Sophia, published in 2016, brought her art in collaboration with 31-year-old Italian digital artist Andrea Bonaceto, known for her colorful paintings, some of which feature celebrities, such as a head Tesla, Elon Musk.
The robot has imported elements from Bonaceto’s work, art history and her own body paintings or drawings on several surfaces several times in a process that her creator David Hanson describes as “loops”. reversible of evolution. ”
Titled “Sophia Instantiation,” the digital work is a 12-second MP4 file showing the evolution of Bonaceto’s painting into Sophia’s digital painting, accompanied by physical artwork, painted by Sophia on print of her own photo.
Reciting with Joyce Zhou; Written by Anne Marie Roantree; Edited by Cynthia Osterman