Robot to make history by speaking in House of Lords debate

The world's first ultra-realistic robot artist is set to make history as the first robot to speak at the House of Lords as she questions whether creativity is under attack from the rise of Artificial Intelligence and technology. Ai-Da will give a fresh perspective on the role of technology in creating art in the future, how AI art differs to what human artists produce, and the limits of technology in creating art. It will argue that while machine creativity presents a great opporunity for us to explore new ideas and ways of thinking, "there are also risks associated with this technology which we need to consider carefully". "We need to think of benefits and limitations, and consider ethical implications." Director of the Ai-Da Robot project, Aidan Meller comments: "Creativity is changing. Ai-Da challenges what it means to be an artist in a post-human world. "Her abilities as an artist brings into question the foundations of the art world and the creative industries.