Engineering:Ai-Da (robot)
Ai-Da is a humanoid robot credited with being the world's first ultra-realistic robot artist.[1][2] Completed in 2019, Ai-Da is an artificial intelligence robot that makes drawings, painting, and sculptures. She is named after Ada Lovelace.[1] The robot gained international attention when it was able to draw people from sight with a pencil using her bionic hand and cameras in her eyes.[3]
Development
Ai-Da was invented by gallerist Aidan Meller, in collaboration with Engineered Arts, a Cornish robotics company.[4] Her drawing intelligence was developed by computer AI researchers at the University of Oxford,[5] and her drawing arm was developed by Salaheldin Al Abd and Ziad Abass, undergraduate students from the School of Electronic and Electrical Engineering at the University of Leeds.[4][6] In April 2022, Ai-Da launched her new painting arm, that enabled her to paint using a palette, at the British Library in London.[7]
Making history
From her conception in 2019, Ai-Da was the worlds first ultra-realistic humanoid robot to be able to be an artist. Using Professor Margaret Boden's definition of creativity, namely making art that was new, surprising and of value, Ai-Da was able to devise artworks that were genuinely creative, using specially written AI algorithms in drawing and painting. She subsequently went onto doing collaborative sculpture.[8][9][10] Ai-Da made history at a solo show Ai-Da: Portrait of a Robot at the Design Museum in London, with her first self-portraits, that were painted with no conscious self. How do you paint a self portrait with no self? This raises questions about identity in the digital age, and the role of our digital double as we merge with technology,[8][11] and was the first humanoid to devise a font at the Design Museum.[12]
In November 2021, Ai-Da used her language model to write and then recite poetry at the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, as a human would. She did two public performances, as part of the Dante: the invention of Celebrity at the Ashmolean Museum in Oxford.[10]
In October 2021, Ai-Da was invited to exhibit a sculpture at the Forever is Now exhibition at the Giza Pyramids. This is the first time art has had access to the plateau of the Pyramids' history.[13][14] Ai-Da is the first humanoid to paint Queen Elizabeth II, for the Platinum Jubilee.[15]
Shows and appearances
In May 2019, Ai-Da executed a live performance called Privacy at St Hugh's College, Oxford. This work was a homage to Yoko Ono’s seminal work Cut Piece.[16]
In June 2019, Ai-Da's artworks were featured in a gallery show called Unsecured Features at St John's College, Oxford.[17]
In June 2019, Ai-Da featured at the Barbican Centre, London, in WIRED Pulse: AI.[18]
In September 2019, Ai-Da was invited to Ars Electronica, Linz, Austria: European ARTificial Intelligence Lab exhibition entitled Out of the Box: The Midlife Crisis of the Digital Revolution.[19]
In October 2019, Ai-Da collaborated with artist Sadie Clayton on a series of workshops at Tate Exchange, Tate Modern, London – Exploring Identity Through Technology – hosted by A Vibe Called Tech.[20][21]
In November, 2019, Ai-Da was invited to do a series of workshops at Abu Dhabi Art in Manarat Al Saadiyat, UAE.[22]
In December 2019, Ai-Da had her first in-depth interview with Tim Marlow, the Artistic Director at the Royal Academy, at the Sarabande (Alexander McQueen Foundation), London, Inspiration Series.[23]
In February 2020, Ai-Da did her first TEDx talk in Oxford called The Intersection of Art and AI.[24]
In July 2020, Ai-Da featured in The 1975's music video for their song "Yeah I Know", from their album Notes on a Conditional Form. In the video she was tasked with drawing what she thought the human consciousness looked like and composing a poem in response to the song lyrics.[25]
In October 2020, Ai-Da was featured by the United Nations in a virtual exhibition launched by The World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) launched "WIPO: AI and IP, A Virtual Experience."[26]
In May 2021, Ai-Da did her first artist residency at Porthmeor Studios, St Ives. She worked in Studio 5 in response to Ben Nicholson’s art, who worked in the same space during the 1930s and 1940s.[27]
In May 2021, Ai-Da's display of the worlds first Self Portraits with no self, Ai-Da: Portrait of the Robot was at the Design Museum, London.[1]
In September 2021, Ai-Da exhibited her first Metaverse works at the Victoria and Albert Museum at the London Design Festival.[28][29]
In October 2021, while entering Egypt for an exhibition at the Great Pyramid of Giza, Ai-Da was held for ten days by border guards who "feared her robotics may have been hiding covert spy tools".[30] The artwork was due to be part of the contemporary art exhibition to be held for the first time at the Pyramids.[30]
On 22 April 2022, Ai-Da was scheduled to launch the world premiere of her solo exhibition titled "Leaping into the Metaverse" at the 59th Venice Biennale.[2]
In May 2022, Ai-Da's work Algorithm Queen, which depicts Queen Elizabeth II, was unveiled to mark her platinum jubilee.[31]
See also
- Digital art
- Robotic art
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 "'Some people feel threatened': face to face with Ai-Da the robot artist" (in en). The Guardian. 18 May 2021. http://www.theguardian.com/culture/2021/may/18/some-people-feel-threatened-face-to-face-with-ai-da-the-robot-artist.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Davies, Caroline. "‘Mind-blowing’: Ai-Da becomes first robot to paint like an artist". The Guardian. https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2022/apr/04/mind-blowing-ai-da-becomes-first-robot-to-paint-like-an-artist. Retrieved 4 April 2022.
- ↑ "The new Picasso? Meet Ai-Da the robot artist" (in en). Reuters. 2019-02-12. https://www.reuters.com/article/us-tech-robot-art-idUSKCN1Q0001.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 "Ai-Da: University of Oxford to host robot art exhibition". BBC News. 3 June 2019. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-oxfordshire-48498853.
- ↑ "Unsecured Futures – The art of Ai-Da Robot" (in en). https://www.sjc.ox.ac.uk/discover/events/unsecured-futures-art-ai-da-robot/.
- ↑ Sciences, Faculty of Engineering and Physical. "Working on Ai-Da" (in en). https://eps.leeds.ac.uk/electronic-engineering/news/article/5593/working-on-ai-da.
- ↑ "‘Mind-blowing’: Ai-Da becomes first robot to paint like an artist" (in en). 2022-04-04. https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2022/apr/04/mind-blowing-ai-da-becomes-first-robot-to-paint-like-an-artist.
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 "Ai-Da Robot Makes History With new Cutting Edge AI Painting Arm" (in en). 2022-04-07. https://www.roboticsresear.ch/articles/26380/ai-da-robot-makes-history-with-new-cutting-edge-ai-painting-arm.
- ↑ "Meet the Robot Artist Who Just Became the First to Stage a Solo Exhibition" (in en). https://time.com/5607191/robot-artist-ai-da-artificial-intelligence-creativity/.
- ↑ 10.0 10.1 Drăgan, Otilia (2021-11-29). "The Ultra-Realistic Humanoid Robot Ai-Da Breaks Boundaries Once Again" (in en). https://www.autoevolution.com/news/the-ultra-realistic-humanoid-robot-ai-da-breaks-boundaries-once-again-175267.html.
- ↑ "‘Some people feel threatened’: face to face with Ai-Da the robot artist" (in en). 2021-05-18. http://www.theguardian.com/culture/2021/may/18/some-people-feel-threatened-face-to-face-with-ai-da-the-robot-artist.
- ↑ "interview with the creator of Ai-Da, the life-size humanoid robot artist making self-portraits without a self" (in en). 2021-05-24. https://www.designboom.com/art/interview-creator-ai-da-humanoid-robot-artist-self-portraits-05-24-2021/.
- ↑ "Egypt detains artist robot Ai-Da before historic pyramid show" (in en). 2021-10-20. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/oct/20/egypt-detains-artist-robot-ai-da-before-historic-pyramid-show.
- ↑ "mummified robot joins JR and others at egypt's first art exhibition at giza pyramids" (in en). 2021-10-22. https://www.designboom.com/art/forever-now-pyramids-giza-egypt-art-exhibition-ai-da-robot-jr-10-22-2021/.
- ↑ "Platinum Jubilee: AI robot paints Queen's portrait" (in en-GB). BBC News. 2022-05-27. https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-oxfordshire-61600523.
- ↑ Jeffries, Stuart (29 May 2021). "The world's first robot artist discusses beauty, Yoko Ono and the perils of AI". The Spectator. https://www.spectator.co.uk/article/the-worlds-first-robot-artist-discusses-beauty-yoko-ono-and-the-perils-of-ai.
- ↑ "Unsecured Futures – The art of Ai-Da Robot". June 2019. https://www.sjc.ox.ac.uk/discover/events/unsecured-futures-art-ai-da-robot/.
- ↑ "WIRED Pulse: AI at the Barbican" (in en-GB). WIRED UK. https://www.wired.co.uk/partnerships/wired-pulse-ai-barbican. Retrieved 2021-09-08.
- ↑ "Ai-Da Robot Artist" (in de). Ars Electronica. https://ars.electronica.art/outofthebox/en/ai-da/.
- ↑ "Humanoid robot artist Ai-Da to co-host workshops at Tate Exchange". https://www.itsnicethat.com/news/ai-da-robot-artist-sadie-clayton-tate-workshop-black-creativity-technology-art-151019.
- ↑ "Ai-Da Robot, the world's first ultra-realistic robot artist, and Artist Sadie Clayton host Zoom talks.". FAD Magazine. 2020-04-10. https://fadmagazine.com/2020/04/10/ai-da-robot-the-worlds-first-ultra-realistic-robot-artist-and-artist-sadie-clayton-host-zoom-talks/. Retrieved 2021-05-26.
- ↑ Roberts, Sarah (3 June 2020). Lamine, YoungMi. ed. Artist's Profile: AI-DA Robot. https://agoradigital.art/women-digital-artists/artists-profile/ai-da-robot/. Retrieved 2021-09-08.
- ↑ "An Evening with Sarabande: AiDa in conversation with Tim Marlow". https://www.thevov.art/live-events/an-evening-with-sarabande-nes5l.
- ↑ Robot, Ai-Da (February 2021). "Transcript of "The intersection of art and AI | Ai-Da Robot | TEDxOxford"". https://www.ted.com/talks/ai_da_robot_the_intersection_of_art_and_ai/transcript.
- ↑ "Robot artist stars in music video for The 1975". Reuters. 15 July 2020. https://uk.news.yahoo.com/robot-artist-stars-music-video-112709209.html.
- ↑ Team, Intepat (2020-09-19). "WIPO's Virtual Exhibition on Artificial Intelligence and Intellectual Property" (in en-US). https://www.intepat.com/blog/intellectual-property/wipos-virtual-exhibition-on-artificial-intelligence-and-intellectual-property/.
- ↑ "First life-like artist robot to take up residency at Porthmeor Studios in St Ives". 2021-06-25. https://www.inyourarea.co.uk/news/first-life-like-artist-robot-to-take-up-residency-at-porthmeor-studios-in-st-ives/.
- ↑ "Robot artist Ai-Da returns to Oxford for the Ashmolean Museum’s 700th anniversary celebrations of Dante" (in en-GB). https://theluxurychannel.com/culture/robot-artist-ai-da/.
- ↑ "V&A · Drawing with Ai-da" (in en). https://www.vam.ac.uk/event/61qNB6Z8/drawing-with-ai-da-sep-2021.
- ↑ 30.0 30.1 "Robot artist Ai-Da released by Egyptian border guards". BBC News. 21 October 2021. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-58993682.
- ↑ "Platinum Jubilee: AI robot paints Queen's portrait". BBC News. 27 May 2022. https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-oxfordshire-61600523. Retrieved 30 May 2022.
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