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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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It’s no Mona Lisa, but this portrait of the Queen by a robot may well be art

Head and shoulders detail from a portrait of Queen Elizabeth II painted by the robot artist Ai-Da.
Head and shoulders detail from Algorithm Queen, a portrait of Elizabeth II painted by the robot artist Ai-Da. Photograph: Ai-Da and Aidan Meller/PA

Your article on the robot artist Ai-Da’s portrait of the Queen raised some interesting questions on AI’s ability to produce art (But is it art, Ma’am? Robot’s platinum jubilee Queen portrait unveiled, 27 May).

Jonathan Jones, the Guardian’s art critic, argues that Ai-Da fails the Turing test, which requires that a human being should be unable to distinguish output produced by a machine from that of another human being.

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