The painting is estimated by Sotheby’s to sell for between $120,000 and $180,000 on 31 October. Fittingly, Sotheby’s will accept cryptocurrency for the transaction. Meller told CBS MoneyWatch that his share of proceeds will be reinvested back into the Ai-Da project.

Sotheby's will auction its first artwork made by a humanoid robot using artificial intelligence algorithms. On October 31, the auction house will sell A.I. God. Portrait of Alan Turing (2024) by the humanoid robot artist Ai-Da.

In a first for Sotheby’s, the famed auction house will sell a painting made by a humanoid robot — and it’s expected to fetch up to a whopping $180,000. The robot, known as Ai-Da, created the painting of renowned mathematician and computer scientist Alan Turing entitled “AI God” with its own hydraulically powered hands.

U.K.-based art dealer and gallery owner Aidan Meller created the Ai-Da humanoid robot, depicted as a woman with a black bob and dressed in a t-shirt and denim overalls. The robot draws and paints through a combination of cameras in its eyes, AI algorithms and a robotic arm.

Sotheby's will hold an auction later this month for "AI God," a painting created by Ai-Da, a humanoid robot artist.

Da, the world's first ultra-realistic artist robot that is capable of drawing and painting using cameras in her eyes, AI algorithms, and h

Sotheby’s aims to make history this month by selling its first-ever artwork made by a humanoid robot. A.I. God. Portrait of Alan Turig by Ai-Da is predicted to fetch six figures, according to the auction house.