The royal portrait comes courtesy of Ai-Da, a humanoid robot artist who makes Alexa look like she's still learning her ABCs.

"AI is learning everything that it possibly can from an entire set of data and images to then create something new," said Nicole Sales Giles, Christie's director of digital art. "That's influence.

Through AI, says Chung, robots can perform in unexpected ways. Creating art in real time allows these surprises to become part of the process: “Live performance is a crucial component of my work.

Ai-Da robot makes history with a $1.08 million art sale at Sotheby's, attracting 27 bids for Alan Turing’s portrait before an anonymous buyer claimed it.