What Makes AI Art Worth Collecting?
An anonymous artist posted a real Monet painting cropped to hide the signature as an NFT titled "Inferior Image," which sold for over $40,000 after 28 bids, exposing how people dismiss AI art as inferior without verification. The stunt revealed a growing but fragmented market for AI-generated art exists despite ongoing heated debate about its legitimacy.
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