A woman looks at a work of art created by an algorithm by French collective named OBVIOUS which produces art using artificial intelligence, titled "Portrait of Edmond de Belamy" at Christie's in New York on October 22, 2018."Portrait of Edmond de Belamy" has made history as the first work of art produced by artificial intelligence to be sold at auction. The slightly blurry canvas print, which has been likened to works by the Old Masters, sold Thursday for $432,500 -- dramatically exceeding its original estimate of $7,000-$10,000 -- at a Christie's auction in New York.(Photo/Agencies)
A section work of art created by an algorithm by French collective named OBVIOUS which produces art using artificial intelligence, is titled "Portrait of Edmond de Belamy" at Christie's in New York on October 22, 2018."Portrait of Edmond de Belamy" has made history as the first work of art produced by artificial intelligence to be sold at auction. The slightly blurry canvas print, which has been likened to works by the Old Masters, sold Thursday for $432,500 -- dramatically exceeding its original estimate of $7,000-$10,000 -- at a Christie's auction in New York.(Photo/Agencies)
Pierre Fautrel, Co Founder of the team of French entrepreneurs called OBVIOUS which produces art using artificial intelligence, stands next to a work of art created by an algorithm titled "Portrait of Edmond de Belamy" at Christie's in New York on October 22, 2018."Portrait of Edmond de Belamy" has made history as the first work of art produced by artificial intelligence to be sold at auction. The slightly blurry canvas print, which has been likened to works by the Old Masters, sold Thursday for $432,500 -- dramatically exceeding its original estimate of $7,000-$10,000 -- at a Christie's auction in New York.(Photo/Agencies)