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First AI Drawn Painting, Edmond De Bellamy, Goes For $432,500

The painting, not unlike the work made by Botnik Studios, including their incredible Harry Potter riff, makes its product vis a vis feeding the artificial intelligence algorithm a variety of influences. In the example of "Obvious" they fed the algorithm 15,000 images of portraits from different time periods, resulting in the blurry work of art seen above. The painting is signed "min G max D x [log (D(x))] + z [log(1 -- D (G(z)))]", which is a portion of the algorithm in question that sired this glorious Renaissance style painting.

The painting, not unlike the work made by Botnik Studios, including their incredible Harry Potter riff, makes its product vis a vis feeding the artificial intelligence algorithm a variety of influences. In the example of "Obvious" they fed the algorithm 15,000 images of portraits from different time periods, resulting in the blurry work of art seen above. The painting is signed "min G max D x [log (D(x))] + z [log(1 -- D (G(z)))]", which is a portion of the algorithm in question that sired this glorious Renaissance style painting.

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Should Parents Have To Pay $132,000 For Statue Broken By Son?

Sarah Goodman’s 5-year-old son Troy was hugging a statue on loan to the city of Overland Park when it toppled over and broke. Now, an online debate raises the question: “Should the boy’s mother have to pay to fix the $132,000 work of art?”

Sarah Goodman’s 5-year-old son Troy was hugging a statue on loan to the city of Overland Park when it toppled over and broke. Now, an online debate raises the question: “Should the boy’s mother have to pay to fix the $132,000 work of art?”