On October 25th, 2018, Christie's (佳士得拍賣行) had a very unusual sale. It sold the first piece of artwork created by artificial intelligence for $432,500.

The painting was created by an AI program written by Obvious, an AI research studio in Paris. Soon questions rang through the media: Is this art? Who is the artist? How about the owner? Are machines now creative, too?

All good questions—but too early. The technology is far from advanced (高級(jí)的), as Obvious suggested, because the public is completely confused about what AI is, and what it is able to do.

In fact, the painting was just one of the countless artworks AI could produce. It was the team behind Obvious that chose this one. The team first programmed the AI, and then they chose 15,000 paintings to train the software (軟件). Connecting the painting with the algorithm (計(jì)算程序) was just a clever marketing tool. AI did not produce the painting on its own at all.

Lots of artists are using the same software as Obvious, but none of them are worried about losing jobs because of AI. As they build the machine themselves and work with it every day, they know how limited it is. What interests the artists is to create works together: the way AI lets them go beyond their natural ability.

Artists also laugh at the idea that AI is creative. It certainly creates things, sometimes in new and successful ways, but it does so without a purpose. It is the artist who shapes its output. "You make a fire and it produces interesting shapes, but in the end the fire is not creative. AI is a glorified (被美化的) campfire," said one of the pioneers of using AI in art.

1.The underlined word "confused" in Paragraph 3 probably means _________.

A.easy to understand B.angry C.unable to think clearly D.certain

2.Paragraph 4 mainly talks about ________.

A.what the painting was created for

B.how AI learned to paint

C.why the painting was connected with the algorithm

D.why the painting was not created by AI alone

3.According to the article, the AI technology makes artists able to __________.

A.paint on the computers B.come up with new ideas

C.improve their painting skills D.save time and money

4.We can learn from the article that the AI technology __________.

A.can produce countless artworks B.requires no programming

C.can think for itself D.makes artists lose jobs

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