Sotheby's has estimated the painting will go for anywhere between $120,000 and $180,000 at the auction on October 31. In a nod to modern technology trends, the auction house will also accept cryptocurrency for the transaction. Meller has revealed plans to reinvest his share of the proceeds back into further development of the Ai-Da project.

What makes this work of art different from other AI-generated works is that with Ai-Da there is a physical manifestation, and this is the first time a work from a robot of this type has ever come to auction,

Sotheby's will hold an auction later this month for "AI God," a painting created by Ai-Da, a humanoid robot artist.

Sotheby's will auction its first artwork made by a humanoid robot using artificial intelligence algorithms. On October 31, the auction house will sell A.I. God. Portrait of Alan Turing (2024) by the humanoid robot artist Ai-Da.