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< acrylic on canvas / 130 x 180 cm / 51.18 x 70.87 inch >
2020/10
The world's first painting created by a human - machine symbiosis
Half man, half machine: the world's first painting to be made with the help of artificial intelligence (AI) comes from Austria. Artist Tom Lohner and AI specialist Christian Weber are the creators of an international premiere. For the duo, the high-tech painting marks more than a new art era, this is also the symbolic beginning of the fifth industrial revolution.
"Artistic start symbol"
Artificial intelligence has the potential to trigger a lasting, profound reshaping of society that has only been known from the industrial revolutions so far. This symbiosis of artificial and human intelligence, used for the first time in art, could become the artistic starting symbol of the fifth revolution. To achieve this, the duo has fully exploited the modern possibilities of artificial intelligence: an artificial intelligence specially developed for “RoboLove” has analyzed countless Lohner paintings, it examined them for their creative rules and irregularities.
The work that emerged from the human - machine symbiosis shows a floating robot - an allusion to the “Tin Man” from the “Wizard of Oz”. „It is intended to illustrate that, despite all technologies, human empathy remains most important," emphasize Lohner and Weber in unison.
Man made is the end.
By the way, Lohner is responsible for the last “RoboLove” brush strokes - including fine optimization - a tribute to art, because: “The first and last chapter of each one of these five art pieces has to be done by a real person. Technologies and machines can simplify our lives, but they can never replace us. "