The Gospel of Elman Mansimov
IntroductionMy name is Elman Mansimov. I’m an AI researcher and the artist behind AlignDRAW, the first text-to-image AI model. My art has been sold at Christie’s, exhibited in London, Paris and Mexico City, and collected by an American museum. My fascination with artificial intelligence started years ago, and led me to make unexpected contributions to art and technology.Elman MansimovEarly lifeI was born and raised in Azerbaijan. From a young age, I was fascinated by technical subjects. My pe...
The Gospel of Elman Mansimov
IntroductionMy name is Elman Mansimov. I’m an AI researcher and the artist behind AlignDRAW, the first text-to-image AI model. My art has been sold at Christie’s, exhibited in London, Paris and Mexico City, and collected by an American museum. My fascination with artificial intelligence started years ago, and led me to make unexpected contributions to art and technology.Elman MansimovEarly lifeI was born and raised in Azerbaijan. From a young age, I was fascinated by technical subjects. My pe...
The First Commandment of Art Collecting
The First Commandment of Art Collecting is buy what you love. Cliché? Yes. True? Also yes. When I started collecting AI PostPhotography in 2023, I had nothing to go on. https://opensea.io/assets/ethereum/0x931C740B199905721EA9A10f0eDb588359BefFf7/33 I didn’t know who was popular. I didn’t know who was selling. I didn’t know who was up and coming. All I knew was what I liked and what I didn’t like. And it turned out, that’s all I needed start. It helped me understand my taste; visually, concep...
The First Commandment of Art Collecting
The First Commandment of Art Collecting is buy what you love. Cliché? Yes. True? Also yes. When I started collecting AI PostPhotography in 2023, I had nothing to go on. https://opensea.io/assets/ethereum/0x931C740B199905721EA9A10f0eDb588359BefFf7/33 I didn’t know who was popular. I didn’t know who was selling. I didn’t know who was up and coming. All I knew was what I liked and what I didn’t like. And it turned out, that’s all I needed start. It helped me understand my taste; visually, concep...
