We're living in the age of AI artists and AI art museums, so the fact that an AI-powered robot just made bank at an art auction shouldn't come as a surprise. But we're talking bank. Ai-Da, the short-haired,

A robot powered by artificial intelligence created an abstract portrait of Alan Turing that could sell for an estimated $180,000.

Ai-da, punningly named after mathematician Ada Lovelace, is described by its creators as the "first ultra-realistic humanoid robot artist." The robot has created a series of paintings called "AI God." A portrait of computing pioneer Alan Turing created by Ai-da was estimated to sell at a Sotheby's auction for $120,