The Art and Value of Machine Learning in Valuing Art: Hype or Hope?

05/20/21 • 37 min

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What is the value of art? Is it in the eye of the beholder or can data analytics tools place a monetary value on beauty? Hosts Xiao-Li Meng and Liberty Vittert explore the use of data and technology in the art world with guests Jason Bailey, CEO and founder of Artnome and author of “Can Machine Learning Predict the Price of Art at Auction?” for HDSR and Dan Cameron, American art curator, writer, and educator.

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