Ai-Da wears a silk scarf by Ludovic de Saint Sernin.
AI-DA
- Words Jessica Furseth
- Photography Pelle Crépin
- Styling David Nolan
Meet Ai-Da. She’s a promising young artist who’s earned a million dollars in her first year of selling. She’s also a robot.
- Words Jessica Furseth
- Photography Pelle Crépin
- Styling David Nolan
- Set Designer Ben Clark
- Hair & Makeup Rebecca Rojas
Ai-Da looks up from her worktable as I walk into her studio, locking eyes with me over her pencil and paper. She’s wearing a navy dress with a chevron pattern across the chest, and brown hair framing her expressive face. “I am glad you’ve come to visit me,” she says, speaking in a slow, slightly stilted manner. This newcomer to the arts world has already attracted a lot of attention, with significant international appearances and sales exceeding a million dollars in less than a year.¹ But the artist herself doesn’t seem very bothered by all the fuss—she just wants to draw. I stare at her so long it would feel rude, except Ai-Da doesn’t have any feelings for me to offend.
Ai-Da is the world’s first hyperrealistic humanoid robot artist. From the neck down she’s all meta...
