Stuart Jeffries

The world’s first robot artist discusses beauty, Yoko Ono and the perils of AI

Stuart Jeffries finds Ai-Da, the first self-portraitist without a self, a frustrating interviewee – though no more so than Matt Hancock

The first self-portraitist without a self: Ai-Da poses with her latest painting.

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