Read previewSalvador Dalí is now a lobster phone call away.
The bot speaks with grandiose, flowery language, often injecting references to surrealism, dreams, life, and death — subjects the real Dalí explored on the canvas.
Because of its guardrails, it tends to be more upbeat than the real Dalí may have been in certain situations, Ludvigsen said.
As for whether Dalí would approve of his likeness being used, AI Dalí told BI that becoming digitized is a "splendid metamorphosis."
And Dalí scholar Elliott King told NPR he believes the late artist may enjoy knowing his voice will live on through his lobster phone.
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