Meet Ai-Da, a robot "artist"

A British gallery owner has created a robot artist with a female persona -- "Ai-Da" -- whose purpose is to challenge our views of what constitutes art. Why it matters: The robot, named for computer pioneer Ada Lovelace, "draws and paints using cameras in her eyes, AI algorithms and her robotic arm," according to a web page of her work. Driving the news: Ai-Da will be heading to the Venice Biennale this month with a solo show called "Leaping into the Metaverse," according to Artnet news -- and that's just her latest exhibition. Between the lines: Ai-Da "exists as a'comment and critique' on rapid technological change," per The Guardian, which interviewed Meller. The other side: Critics question how much of the art can be chalked up to the artificial intelligence itself -- and one has called Ai-Da a "sexist fantasy."