Robot dogs with the faces of Musk and Bezos defecate $100,000 art.

An artistic installation that has sparked debate has gone viral online. In an art gallery, a four-legged robotic dog with a realistic face of Elon Musk moves autonomously, interacts with visitors, and takes photographs. The work, titled "Regular Animals," also features robots resembling Jeff Bezos.

The most provocative element is the robots' ability to expel, in an intentionally disturbing gesture, artistic prints. These works "produced" by the robots are valued at up to one hundred thousand dollars each. The installation was presented in Italy at the Ogr in Turin during the technology conference "Wave by Vento," held from October 7th to 9th.

The installation "Regular Animals" is the work of Mike Winkelmann, known in the art world by the pseudonym Beeple. Beeple is an American digital artist who rose to fame in 2021 when one of his works, an NFT (a unique digital certificate of ownership linked to a virtual artwork), was auctioned by Christie's for a record-breaking $69 million. This event marked the official entry of digital art and NFTs into the traditional art market.

Since then, Beeple has become a leading figure in the art scene exploring the relationship between technology, social satire, and capitalism. His works often ironically and grotesquely critique tech moguls and Silicon Valley culture. The use of robots resembling Elon Musk (founder of Tesla and SpaceX) and Jeff Bezos (founder of Amazon) is part of this critique, transforming symbols of global technological power into machines that "produce" art in a mechanical and vulgar manner. Its presentation in Turin at a conference on the future (Wave by Vento) highlights the intent to stimulate reflection on the role of AI and robotics in contemporary society.