Early AI Art

Collectors are slowly waking up to what Bloemenveiling is... One of the earliest and most important conceptual AI NFT collections ever minted.

When interest comes, whether from institutions, AI curious collectors, or the next bull cycle, it won’t take much. A few hundred collectors buying two to three pieces each will drain the market of all supply. After that securing Early AI Art will be impossible for most.

GANs, DeepDream (and other early AI tech) aren't just fascinating because of their timing - they're unique because they relied on raw human creativity. Artists curated datasets and carefully guided the process feeding the AI like a child. This era will continue to fascinate us🥰

The art world moves slow until it doesn’t. One sale, one headline, one museum show is all it takes. When it happens, these Early AI works will look inevitable.

EtherIslands #21 has just sold for 1 WETH ($3,621.21 USD) From: 0x8395 To: 0x8011 opensea.io/assets/ethereu… discord.gg/XQUhmjZvZW

Buying early was only half the brilliance behind those who minted Punks at 0.05. The real genius was in holding. In seeing something others didn’t. That is what Early AI Art demands not just spotting the trend of AI Art, but deep conviction and patience.

To some they’re grotesque. To others spiritual. That’s the beauty BastardGANs evoke. They don’t explain.

Scarcity in digital media is often contrived. Here, it is structural and historical. With only a few thousand AI NFTs minted in the pre mainstream years of 2018–2019, and many irrevocably lost, we are looking at a corpus smaller than most traditional print editions, yet vastly…

There are collectors. And there are caretakers. Owning a Lost Robbie means being the latter. You’re holding the origin of something much larger.

The smartest people in this space don’t pretend to know everything, they’re the ones asking the best questions. If you’re exploring Early AI Art, the Discord is the perfect place to learn out loud and grow with others who genuinely care.

The most valuable art does not rush to be appreciated. It waits for the world to understand what it already is. Early AI Art is not asking for attention. It is simply existing with the quiet authority of something destined for future reverence.

Collectors chasing early provenance sometimes overlook the multi year consistency of @artistbitcoin. His works are among the most historically complete, stylistically diverse, and technologically insightful in the field.

Very happy to have won Realiti #3 by @tyaagnliu Realiti is the first AI collection on its own smart contract (2019), and token #3 the earliest piece ever released (first 2 remain with the artist). Also looking forward to the physical it comes with! x.com/randomcdog/sta…

You’re holding the foundation of the next great art movement. The only thing left to decide is whether you’ll still be holding it when the world finally looks your way.

1/14 Updated: The Definitive Timeline of Early AI Art on Eth (ver. 2) 🆕 ∼80 AI artists on Ethereum minting timeline (9 artists added, 3 clarified) 🆕 Over 20 individuals engaged in providing feedback and improving the timeline This is Ethereum only. Learn more 🧵👇

With only a few thousand pieces in existence, Early AI Art will be incredibly hard to access in the future. That means the few who hold these works today also hold the narrative. Educate those around you. The value will not just be in the art. It will be in the story you told…

In a world where AI Art is becoming the future, there will always be a growing significance of Early AI Art NFTs.

Where most NFT projects fear metadata loss, Bloemenveiling made it the point. That inversion is radical and collectors know it. This is blockchain art that interrogates the blockchain itself.

Realitic #83 has just sold for 1.25 ETH ($3,776.24 USD) From: 0xbbe8 To: 0x1fcc opensea.io/assets/ethereu… discord.gg/XQUhmjZvZW

Realitic #61 has just sold for 1.5 ETH ($4,527.50 USD) From: 0xb1df To: 0x8489 opensea.io/assets/ethereu… discord.gg/XQUhmjZvZW