D
“Is it art?” Tyka, an artist and software engineer at Google, asked the audience at Christie’s Art + Tech Summit in New York in June. The event’s theme was “The AI Revolution, and Tyka was referring to artwork created using artificial intelligence. He flashed an image of a urinal(男用小便池）on two large screens at either side of the stage—Marcel Duchamp’s famous and controversial sculpture Fountain. The audience laughed. “Obviously, it can be,” he said.
However, many in the art community are wrestling with several unanswered questions after an algorithm-generated print that resembled 19th century European portraits was sold for $432,500. For example: When artwork is accomplished by means of algorithm (运算法则), who is the artist---the programmer or the computer? Because many works of AI art are digital, how do you value a creation that’s designed to live natively on the internet and be widely shared? And where, exactly, is the market for this new kind of work headed? There are few clear answers.
Claire Marmion, founder and CEO of Haven Art Group, says collectors are still trying to figure out where the market for AI art is heading, and that it may not be the disruptive(破坏的）force some think it will be. Or, at least, the industry will adapt to it.
Klingemann, whose work was sold by Sotheby’s, prefers the term “generative art,” which includes all works created using algorithms, and believes the current buzz will eventually die down, but that AI art isn’t going anywhere. Instead, he thinks it will one day be viewed as simply another tool of the artist.
“Just like photography never went away, or making movies doesn’t，I’m pretty sure it will establish itself as a new media format,” he says. “Right now, of course, it’s all this mystery about AI, but I expect this to become really just a normal thing, where people will focus on what artists are actually saying with their art.”
32. What’s the function of the first paragraph?
A. To show what art is. B. To entertain readers.
C. To explain the event’s theme. D. To lead to the topic of the passage.
33. What makes people in the art industry feel confused?
A. Who is the real creator of a piece of AI artwork.
B. Where the market for AI artwork is located.
C. How to sell AI artwork at a high price.
D. How to share AI artwork.
34. Which can best explain the underlined word “buzz” in Paragraph 4?
A. Excitement. B. Objection. C. Revolution. D. Controversy.
35. What does Klingemann think about AI art?
A. Its future is unclear.
B. It will disturb the traditional art industry.
C. It will be as common as photography and movies.
D. It will be applied to photography and film industry.
这是艺术吗？谷歌的艺术家和软件工程师泰卡在6月纽约佳士得艺术+科技峰会上向观众提问。这次活动的主题是“人工智能革命，泰卡指的是用人工智能创作的艺术品。他在舞台两侧的两个大屏幕上闪现出一个小便器的图像，这是马塞尔·杜尚著名而有争议的雕塑喷泉。观众笑了。他说：“显然，这是可能的。
然而，在一幅类似19世纪欧洲肖像画的算法印刷品以432500美元的价格售出后，许多艺术界人士都在纠结几个未解的问题。例如：当艺术作品是通过算法完成的时候，谁是艺术家---程序员还是计算机？因为许多人工智能艺术作品都是数字化的，你如何评价一个设计来在互联网上生活并被广泛分享的作品？而这种新作品的市场究竟走向何方？几乎没有明确的答案。
海文艺术集团（Haven Art Group）创始人兼首席执行官克莱尔•马米恩（Claire Marmion）表示，收藏家们仍在试图弄清楚人工智能艺术的市场走向，而这可能不是一些人认为会出现的破坏性局面。或者，至少，这个行业会适应它。
克林格曼的作品被苏富比拍卖行（Sotheby's）出售，他更喜欢用“生成性艺术”这个词，包括所有使用算法创作的作品，他相信目前的热议终将平息，但人工智能艺术不会有任何进展。相反，他认为有朝一日它将被视为艺术家的另一个工具。
他说：“就像摄影从来没有消失过，或者拍电影从来没有消失过一样，我很确定它会成为一种新的媒体形式。”。“现在，当然，这是所有关于人工智能的谜团，但我希望这真的只是一件正常的事情，人们会关注艺术家们用他们的艺术到底在说什么。”
32. D 由文章第一段开始的问句“Is it art?” 可知答案；
33. A 由文章第二段的many…are wrestling with several unanswered questions和后面的who is the artist---the programmer or the computer? 可知答案；
34. D 由33题的解释并结合后面的and believes the current buzz will eventually die down, 可知答案；
35. C 由最后一段可知答案；
“Is it art?” Tyka, an artist and software engineer at Google, asked the audience at Christie’s Art + Tech Summit in New York in June. The event’s theme was “The AI Revolution, and Tyka was referring to artwork created using artificial intelligence. He flashed an image of a urinal(男用小便池）on two large screens at either side of the stage—Marcel Duchamp’s famous and controversial sculpture Fountain. The audience laughed. “Obviously, it can be,” he said.
However, many in the art community are wrestling with several unanswered questions after an algorithm-generated print that resembled 19th century European portraits was sold for $432,500. For example: When artwork is accomplished by means of algorithm (运算法则), who is the artist---the programmer or the computer? Because many works of AI art are digital, how do you value a creation that’s designed to live natively on the internet and be widely shared? And where, exactly, is the market for this new kind of work headed? There are few clear answers.
Claire Marmion, founder and CEO of Haven Art Group, says collectors are still trying to figure out where the market for AI art is heading, and that it may not be the disruptive(破坏的）force some think it will be. Or, at least, the industry will adapt to it.
Klingemann, whose work was sold by Sotheby’s, prefers the term “generative art,” which includes all works created using algorithms, and believes the current buzz will eventually die down, but that AI art isn’t going anywhere. Instead, he thinks it will one day be viewed as simply another tool of the artist.
“Just like photography never went away, or making movies doesn’t，I’m pretty sure it will establish itself as a new media format,” he says. “Right now, of course, it’s all this mystery about AI, but I expect this to become really just a normal thing, where people will focus on what artists are actually saying with their art.”
32. What’s the function of the first paragraph?
A. To show what art is. B. To entertain readers.
C. To explain the event’s theme. D. To lead to the topic of the passage.
33. What makes people in the art industry feel confused?
A. Who is the real creator of a piece of AI artwork.
B. Where the market for AI artwork is located.
C. How to sell AI artwork at a high price.
D. How to share AI artwork.
34. Which can best explain the underlined word “buzz” in Paragraph 4?
A. Excitement. B. Objection. C. Revolution. D. Controversy.
35. What does Klingemann think about AI art?
A. Its future is unclear.
B. It will disturb the traditional art industry.
C. It will be as common as photography and movies.
D. It will be applied to photography and film industry.
这是艺术吗？谷歌的艺术家和软件工程师泰卡在6月纽约佳士得艺术+科技峰会上向观众提问。这次活动的主题是“人工智能革命，泰卡指的是用人工智能创作的艺术品。他在舞台两侧的两个大屏幕上闪现出一个小便器的图像，这是马塞尔·杜尚著名而有争议的雕塑喷泉。观众笑了。他说：“显然，这是可能的。
然而，在一幅类似19世纪欧洲肖像画的算法印刷品以432500美元的价格售出后，许多艺术界人士都在纠结几个未解的问题。例如：当艺术作品是通过算法完成的时候，谁是艺术家---程序员还是计算机？因为许多人工智能艺术作品都是数字化的，你如何评价一个设计来在互联网上生活并被广泛分享的作品？而这种新作品的市场究竟走向何方？几乎没有明确的答案。
海文艺术集团（Haven Art Group）创始人兼首席执行官克莱尔•马米恩（Claire Marmion）表示，收藏家们仍在试图弄清楚人工智能艺术的市场走向，而这可能不是一些人认为会出现的破坏性局面。或者，至少，这个行业会适应它。
克林格曼的作品被苏富比拍卖行（Sotheby's）出售，他更喜欢用“生成性艺术”这个词，包括所有使用算法创作的作品，他相信目前的热议终将平息，但人工智能艺术不会有任何进展。相反，他认为有朝一日它将被视为艺术家的另一个工具。
他说：“就像摄影从来没有消失过，或者拍电影从来没有消失过一样，我很确定它会成为一种新的媒体形式。”。“现在，当然，这是所有关于人工智能的谜团，但我希望这真的只是一件正常的事情，人们会关注艺术家们用他们的艺术到底在说什么。”
32. D 由文章第一段开始的问句“Is it art?” 可知答案；
33. A 由文章第二段的many…are wrestling with several unanswered questions和后面的who is the artist---the programmer or the computer? 可知答案；
34. D 由33题的解释并结合后面的and believes the current buzz will eventually die down, 可知答案；
35. C 由最后一段可知答案；
