‘Ai-Da: Portrait of the Robot’ at the Design Museum

Can a robot be an artist? Do we want to see art made by artificial intelligence? Ai-Da is the world's first robot artist making drawings and paintings, blurring the distinction between art made by a human artist and art made by a robot. In an exhibition at the Design Museum in London, The Art Channel assesses the art made by Ai-Da and whether it is interesting or creatively valuable. We are entering a new age where many tasks formerly performed by the human hand will in future be undertaken by machines. What are the implications and what are the ethical problems?