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- Egyptian border authorities detain the world’s first robotic artist for ten days in front of an art exhibition at the Great Pyramid from Giza.
Yes, the British robot, who went down in history as the world’s first humanoid artist with artificial intelligence. They was captured by Egyptian border guards last week on its way to its first exhibition in the country. The ultra-real robot on display at the Great Pyramid of Giza appears to be suspected of being part of secret espionage.
According to the, Ai-Da has been release after being detained by Egyptian authorities for ten days and held at customs. “The embassy is pleased that the robot artist Ai-Da has cleared customs,” the British embassy in Cairo said.
“Customs procedures can be lengthy and necessary before any artwork or IT equipment is imported.”
Aiden Miller, the creator of Ai-Da, claims border guards caught the innovative robot because they were suspicious of its modem and asked questions about its eyes. Which are the cameras it uses to create the images in the algorithm—based on what he observed.
“It’s stressful,” Meller told the Guardian on Wednesday (October 20) after Ai-Da was arrested. He added this it was impossible to completely dismantle Ai-Da to help authorities verify it, saying. “I can do without a modem, but I can’t take my eyes off them.” He’s a robot artist; let him be evident on this,” he continued. He’s not a spy. People are afraid of robots, I understand.
But the whole situation is ironic because Ai aims to highlight and warn of abuse of technological developments and it is delayed because it is technology.”
“I’ll appreciate the irony, I guess.”
Ai-Da was in Egypt for the Forever Is Now exhibition organized by Art D’Égypte in collaboration. With the Egyptian Ministry from Antiquities and Tourism also the Egyptian Ministry of Foreign Affairs. The show runs through November 7, and Ai-Da contributes to a statue based on the mystery of the Sphinx.
The humanoid artist has previously exhibited a series of “selfies” at the Museum of Design in London after being taught to look in the mirror. Meanwhile, earlier this year, she debuted as a model at London Fashion Week in a transformed. Biological gown by cyber fashion house Auroboros (see gallery above).