{"id":210829,"date":"2021-03-25T19:37:10","date_gmt":"2021-03-25T16:37:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/sophia-the-robot-created-an-nft-artwork-and-it-sold-for-almost-700k\/"},"modified":"2021-03-25T19:37:10","modified_gmt":"2021-03-25T16:37:10","slug":"sophia-the-robot-created-an-nft-artwork-and-it-sold-for-almost-700k","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/sophia-the-robot-created-an-nft-artwork-and-it-sold-for-almost-700k\/","title":{"rendered":"#Sophia the robot \u2018created\u2019 an NFT artwork and it sold for almost $700K"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_85 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a40ddd4b4b16\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a40ddd4b4b16\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/sophia-the-robot-created-an-nft-artwork-and-it-sold-for-almost-700k\/#The_NFT_artwork_boom\" >The NFT artwork boom<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<p>&#8220;<strong>#Sophia the robot \u2018created\u2019 an NFT artwork and it sold for almost $700K<\/strong>&#8221;<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn0.tnwcdn.com\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/1\/files\/2021\/03\/Untitled-design-2021-03-25T154655.498-796x417.png\" \/><\/p>\n<div>\n                                The NFT art market has exploded in recent months, bagging unheralded artists and <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/music\/2021\/mar\/02\/grimes-sells-digital-art-collection-non-fungible-tokens\">popstars<\/a> eye-watering sums for their creations. But it\u2019s not only humans who are cashing in on the craze.<\/p>\n<p>On Thursday, an\u00a0NFT artwork co-created\u00a0by Sophia the robot\u00a0snatched almost $700,000 at an auction\u00a0in Hong Kong. The winning bidder took home a 12-second MP4 file showing how the work evolved, as well as a physical \u201cself-portrait\u201d of the humanoid.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" style=\"background: #FFF; border: 0; border-radius: 3px; box-shadow: 0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width: 540px; min-width: 326px; padding: 0; width: calc(100% - 2px);\" data-instgrm-captioned=\"\" data-instgrm-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/CMxgB-aFzK1\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" data-instgrm-version=\"13\">\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>A number of other digital artworks were sold at the auction. Each was linked to a\u00a0non-fungible token (NFT), a digital\u00a0certificate of ownership secured by blockchain tech.<\/p>\n<p><em>[Read: How to use AI to better serve your customers]<\/em><\/p>\n<p>The images were\u00a0created\u00a0alongside\u00a0Andrea Bonaceto,\u00a0an artist and partner at blockchain investment firm Eterna Capital, who\u2019s best-known for his <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/andreabonac_art\/\">vectorial portraits<\/a> of celebrities like Elon Musk and Jack Dorsey.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe wanted\u00a0to explore the possibility for humans and robots to collaborate not only on operational tasks but also on creative efforts,\u201d\u00a0Bonaceto told TNW before the auction.<\/p>\n<p>Their partnership began with Bonaceto creating a portrait of Sophia. The robot then<span class=\"s1\">\u00a0took photos of the image and <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>lied\u00a0computer vision to analyze the\u00a0face\u00a0and forms. Next, transformer neural networks generated new imprints to the\u00a0design for Sophia\u2019s robotic arm to paint.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>The final step added input from the winning bidder, a mysterious<span class=\"s1\">\u00a0digital artist who goes by the name 888.<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" style=\"background: #FFF; border: 0; border-radius: 3px; box-shadow: 0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width: 540px; min-width: 326px; padding: 0; width: calc(100% - 2px);\" data-instgrm-captioned=\"\" data-instgrm-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/CMum3BeMKaJ\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" data-instgrm-version=\"13\">\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Once the auction ended,\u00a0<span class=\"s1\">888\u00a0shared a hand-painted image\u00a0that was<\/span><span class=\"s1\">\u00a0fused into the final painting through a few of Sophia\u2019s brushstrokes.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"s1\">\u201cA hand and an arm packed with color and gesture,\u201d said Sophia\u2019s creator, David Hanson.\u00a0\u201cIt\u2019s 888\u2019s choice of image meeting Sophia\u2019s choice of image.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">I want to thank the universe so much for allowing me win the auction and actually collaborate with <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RealSophiaRobot?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@RealSophiaRobot<\/a> <br \/>The fact she used my painting to finish her piece is beyond anything I could ever wish for\u2728<br \/>I can\u2019t quite get over what just happened \u2728 <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/sG7ysibu7W\">https:\/\/t.co\/sG7ysibu7W<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 \u2728888\u2728 (@Crypto888crypto) <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Crypto888crypto\/status\/1374852498733756416?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 24, 2021<\/a>\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><span class=\"s1\">Little is known of 888, but their\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/social-mediaa\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\" title=\"Social Media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Twitter<\/a> account suggests they\u2019re racking up a serious collection of NFT artwork. They also clearly have a\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"s1\">proclivity for the lucky number eight; they splashed out\u00a0$688,000 on Sophia\u2019s creation, and previously bid $88,888.88 for an NFT of Jack Dorsey\u2019s first-ever tweet.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"The_NFT_artwork_boom\"><\/span>The NFT artwork boom<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>The market for NFT artworks has\u00a0erupted in 2021. Earlier this month, a graphic designer\u00a0who goes by the name of Beeple sold a digital image with an NFT\u00a0for a whopping $69.3 million, the third most expensive sale ever of a living artist, after David Hockney and Jeff Koons. The opening bid for Beeple\u2019s collage of a collage of 5,000 images was a mere $100.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">holy fuck.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 beeple (@beeple) <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/beeple\/status\/1370037462085595137?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 11, 2021<\/a>\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>The winning bidder didn\u2019t actually receive the artwork. Instead, all they got was a digital file and proof of ownership.<\/p>\n<p>An NFT owner will normally receive some basic usage rights, the knowledge that their purchase is unique, and a connection with the artist they\u2019re supporting. But it\u2019s a risky investment if they\u2019re hoping to later sell the works for a profit. Even Beeble himself <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.businessinsider.com\/beeple-some-nft-investments-will-hit-zero-crypto-art-bubble-2021-3?r=US&amp;IR=T\">thinks<\/a>\u00a0the market\u00a0is in a bubble.<\/p>\n<p>Sophia\u2019s creators, however, are only just getting started. A<span class=\"s1\">\u00a0solo exhibition of the robot\u2019s artworks will open at the LA\u2019s IV Gallery later this year.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><em>Greetings Humanoids! Did you know we have a <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/news\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"2\" title=\"News\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">news<\/a>letter all about AI? 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But it\u2019s not only humans who are cashing in on the craze. On Thursday, an\u00a0NFT artwork co-created\u00a0by Sophia the robot\u00a0snatched almost $700,000 at&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":210830,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/img-cdn.tnwcdn.com\/image\/neural?filter_last=1&fit=1280,640&url=https:\/\/cdn0.tnwcdn.com\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/1\/files\/2021\/03\/Untitled-design-2021-03-25T154655.498.png&signature=767b369e545af278c97d61d637d4c0af","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[18],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-210829","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-technology"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/210829","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=210829"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/210829\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/210830"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=210829"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=210829"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=210829"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}