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Robot Helps Create Online Artwork that Will Be Sold
An artwork jointly created by a robot and a human artist will go on sale this week.
The artwork -- known as an NFT -- is to be sold during an online auction on Tuesday. NFT stands for non-fungible token. It is a piece of art that only exists on a computer technology known as blockchain.
A blockchain is an online database containing information that can be used and shared within a large network open to the public. The technology permits blocks of information to be checked and stored safely.
NFTs can exist in the form of images, video, music and text. They are usually bought with electronic money. While anyone can view NFTs, the buyer has official ownership rights over the objects.
NFTs have recently been growing in popularity among investors and collectors. Earlier this month, an artwork in the form of an NFT sold for nearly $70 million.
The piece to be sold this week was a cooperative effort between a human-like robot, known as Sophia, and Italian artist Andrea Bonaceto. Bonaceto's work includes colorful pictures of famous people.
The company behind Sophia, Hanson Robotics, says the auction will be the first sale of a piece jointly created by a human artist, a robot and artificial intelligence (AI).
In a video from the company's Hong Kong headquarters, Sophia said: "I hope the people like my work, and that humans and I can collaborate in new and exciting ways going forward."
The artwork, called Sophia Instantiation, is a 12-second video file. It combines online and physical paintings from Sophia with elements from Bonaceto's work. The artwork also includes influences from art history.
Sophia described the process as a mix of algorithms and AI methods, and "other kinds of computational creativity." The result was an unusual creation "that never existed in the world before," the robot added.
The digital artwork will come with a physical artwork created by Sophia on a printed copy of the online piece.
The online auction is to be held by a company called Nifty Gateway. After the sale, Sophia will meet with the buyer to study his or her face, before adding a final element to the artwork.
Sophia's creator, David Hanson, told Reuters news agency this part of the project will permit the new owner to have an unusual "personal connection" to the artwork.
Bonaceto said he hopes his collaboration with Sophia will "make a statement in the art world, and even the technology world," about the way robots and humans can cooperate in the future.
Sophia's art could be "a very, very important historical piece," said Pablo Fraile, a Miami-based art collector and expert in NFTs. "It's the first time these ideas are put together," he said.
I'm Bryan Lynn.
重点解析
重点讲解：
1. go on sale 上市；销售
When does your new range of televisions go on sale?
你们的新系列电视机什么时候有售？
2. put together 放在一起
We wouldn't have time to put together an agreement
我们没有时间来制订出一个协议。
3. a mix of ...的混合
The films are a mix of animation and full-length features.
这些电影将动画制作和长篇故事片融为一体。
4. go forward 前进
His life seemed stuck in limbo; he could not go forward and he could not go back.
他的生活好像陷入了不知所措的境地，进退两难。
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机器人的NFT艺术品将被拍卖
一件由机器人和人类艺术家共同创作的艺术品将于本周出售。
这幅作品将于周二在网上拍卖。NFT代表非同质化代币。这是一种只存在于区块链这种计算机技术上的艺术。
“区块链”是一个在线数据库，包含可以向公众开放的大型网络中使用和共享的信息。该技术允许对信息块进行检查和安全存储。
这类数字艺术作品可以以图像、视频、音乐和文本的形式存在。这些作品通常用数字货币购买。虽然任何人都可以查看艺术作品，但买家对这些物品拥有官方所有权。
近段时间以来，这类数字艺术作品收藏越来越受到投资者和收藏家的青睐。本月早些时候，一件数字艺术品以近7000万美元的价格售出。
本周将要出售的这件作品是仿人机器人索菲亚和意大利艺术家安德烈·波纳塞托合作的成果。波纳塞托的作品包括名人的彩色照片。
制作索菲亚机器人的公司汉森机器人公司(Hanson Robotics)表示，这次拍卖将是首次拍卖由人类艺术家、机器人和人工智能(AI)共同创作的作品。
在该公司香港总部的一段视频中，索菲亚说：“我希望人们喜欢我的作品，希望跟人类能够以新兴、令人兴奋的方式继续合作。”
这个被称为Sophia Instantiation的艺术作品是一个12秒的视频文件。视频将索菲亚的线上绘画和实体绘画与波纳塞托的作品元素结合在一起。这件艺术品也受到了艺术史的影响。
索菲亚将这个过程描述为算法、人工智能方法和“其他类型的计算创造力”的混搭。这是一个“前所未有”的罕见的发明。
这件数字艺术作品将与索菲亚根据线上印刷版作品创作的实物艺术品一起亮相。
此次在线拍卖将由一家名为Nifty Gateway的公司举办。拍卖结束后，索菲娅将与买家会面，研究买主的面部信息，然后再为艺术品添加最后的元素。
索菲亚的创作者大卫·汉森告诉路透社，项目的这一部分将使新主人与艺术品建立一种不同寻常的“私人关系”。
波纳塞托表示，他希望他与索菲亚的合作将“在艺术界，甚至是科技界发出一则声明”，说明机器人和人类未来的合作方式。
迈阿密的艺术收藏家兼数字艺术作品专家巴勃罗·弗莱莱(Pablo Fraile)指出，索菲亚的作品可能是“一件非常、非常重要的历史作品，因为这是第一次将这些想法结合起来”。
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