Claude Monet, Pablo Picasso and Leonardo da Vinci the art world has never lacked talent. And now, a new painter is ready to join the list although this one isn't even human.
Next month, auction house（拍卖行） Christie's Prints and Multiples will make history by offering the first piece of art created by artificial intelligence (AI) for sale. The painting is a portrait of a man called Edmond De Bela- my，and is expected to be sold for up to $10,000.
The work, which features a man with a mysterious look on his face, was created by software developed by the French art group Obvious. Laugero-Lasserre, an art collector, called the work "grotesque and amazing at the same time". This isn’t the first example of Al-produced artwork, as AI has already been used to write poems and compose songs. However, many people doubt whether it should be called art at all.
According to Russian writer Leo Tolstroy (1828 -1910)，art is about creating emotion (情感). It's “a means of …joining people together in the same feelings' he once said.
So, if the emotion behind art is what makes it，the ability to create and use tools is what makes human beings different from other species. And as a tool itself, the AI technology used to create the portrait is the result of a lot of effort made by several designers. Together, they “fed” the AI a huge collection of paintings from the 14th to the 18th centuries, until it was able to work out how to make similar paintings of its own.
The introduction of AI art could be the beginning of a new artistic movement. However, not everyone is ready to welcome these high-tech artists just yet.
5. Why does the author mention the artists in Paragraph 1?
A. To list world famous talented artists
B. To introduce a new painter as great as them.
C. To show the prosperity of the art world.
D. To highlight the inhuman painter by contrast.
6. Why does the painting mentioned in Paragraph 2 gain special concern？
A. It is the first AI-produced artwork for sale.
B. It will be auctioned in a famous auction house.
C. It is the portrait of a man with mysterious look.
D. Its auction price is expected to be the highest.
7. Which of the following statement may Leo Tolstoy agree with?
A. AI technology is a tool for artistic creation.
B. AI is taught to express human emotions in art.
C. AI copied paintings of the 14th-18th centuries.
D. AI art joins people together in the same feelings.
8. What might be the future f the new artistic movement?
A. popular B. unclear C. predictable D. unacceptable
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