Claude Monet, Pablo Picasso and Leonardo da Vinci ... the art world has never lacked talent. And now, a new painter is ready to join the list, although this one isn’t even human.
Next month, the auction house (拍卖行) Christie’s Prints and Multiples will make history by offering the first piece of artwork created by artificial intelligence (AI) for sale. The painting is a portrait of a man called Edmond, and is expected to be sold for up to $ 10,000.
The work, which features a man with a mysterious look on his face, was created by software developed by a French art group. Nicolas Laugero Lasserre, an art collector, called the work “strange but amazing”. This isn’t the first example of AI produced artwork, as AI has already been used to write poems and compose songs. However, many people doubt whether it should be called art at all.
According to Russian writer Leo Tolstoy (1828-1910), art is about creating emotion. It’s “a means of joining people together in the same feelings,” he once said.
So, if the emotion behind art is what makes it, the ability to create and use tools is what makes human beings different from other species. And as a tool itself, the AI technology used to create the portrait is the result of a lot of efforts made by several designers. Together, they “fed” the AI many paintings from the 14th to the 18th centuries, until it was able to work out how to make similar paintings of its own.
The introduction of AI art could be the beginning of a new artistic movement. However, not everyone is ready to welcome these high-tech artists.
“The human mind is what’s behind the AI technology. And the human mind is not a cold, hard fact,” said Oscar Schwartz, a professor of AI. “Rather, it is something that’s created with our opinions and something that changes over time.”
12. Why does the writer mention these famous artists in Paragraph 1?
A.To introduce talented artists’ works. |
B.To make an advertisement for famous artists. |
C.To explain a new art form—AI. |
D.To introduce a new painter—AI. |
13. What can we learn about the AI produced artwork according to Paragraph 5?
A.It results from human works. |
B.It beats human artworks completely. |
C.It expresses human feelings effectively. |
D.It is beyond the imagination of humans. |
14. What does Oscar Schwartz think of the human mind compared with the AI?
A.Limited. | B.Difficult. | C.Decisive | D.Meaningful. |
15. What’s the main idea of this passage?
A.An auction house will make history by selling AI artworks. |
B.A great many artists think AI-produced artworks are amazing. |
C.AI technology can be used to create portraits with the designers’ efforts. |
D.AI artworks have come out, but different people hold different opinions. |