The universal rule of triggering attention by controversy has once again proven effective in the case of AI Art. Since
October 2018, when the AI artwork “Portrait of Edmond Belamy” produced by the Obvious collective was sold at an
auction by Christie’s for US$432,500 [25] there has been an increasing interest for AI Art, but also a growing need to
discuss key aspects of this new movement in the contemporary art scene. The case of the “Portrait of Edmond Belamy”
particularly provoked the discussion about authorship and ethics. However, other important questions started gaining
attention from art historians and artists, as well as AI scientists and developers, such as questions related to novelty,
originality and autonomy in AI Art.
Although the case of the “Portrait of Edmond Belamy” became very popular for various reasons, within the AI Art
community many agree that there are other artists whose work can be considered a more representative example of AI
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