At the exhibition in the Stockholm Museum of Science and Technology, an unusual exhibit called “Impossible Statue” is on display – the world’s first sculpture 1.5 meters high and weighing 500 kg, created by artificial intelligence.
The idea to teach machine intelligence the craft of a sculptor belongs to the programmers of the machine-building group Sandvik (Sweden). Five great masters were chosen as “teachers” – Michelangelo, Auguste Rodin, Kathe Kalvitz, Kotaro Takamuro and August Savage.
The programmers “gathered” together the styles consumed from this great five based on images and x textures and “taught” the resulting information to the AI. After processing it, the neural network offered several options for two-dimensional images, which were then converted into 3D models.
As a result of such “creativity”, a stainless steel sculpture of an androgynous man was created, the lower body of which covers the scope, and his right hand holds a bronze globe. Specialists in regional sculpture will surely notice in the muscular man the characteristic day of Michelangelo, and in the hand with the globe – for Takamura.
The key question remains to be resolved: is the “Impossible Statue” art or a product of modern technology? According to museum representative Julia Alderius, each viewer should discuss for himself Sam.
Source: Tech Cult
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