Botto

Botto

Botto is a decentralized autonomous artist (DAO) that creates art through a collaboration between an AI and a human community. The community governs the AI's creative process, influencing the themes and styles of the artworks produced.
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Description

Botto is a decentralized autonomous artist governed by its community. Launched on October 8, 2021, Botto creates artworks perpetually, with its development and artistic direction guided by a community of over fifteen thousand human contributors. This process involves training the AI on themes, styles, and imagery. Botto's work has been exhibited internationally and explores concepts of agency, authorship, and the intersection of human creativity with artificial intelligence. It functions as an experiment in machine creativity, community governance, and value distribution.