AI actress Tilly Norwood stirs controversy in Hollywood with creative doubles

Just when you thought Hollywood couldn’t get any weirder, an AI-generated actor now has a real-life agent trying to compete for jobs.

Tilly Norwood An all-digital performer, her creator, Particle6, is under a lot of pressure trying to get representation for her. Elin van der Velden, CEO of the AI ​​company behind Tele, tried to play it cool, calling the innovation a “piece of art” and not a replacement for humans.

Norwood has appeared in a YouTube video of Particle6and her Instagram account He currently has nearly 60,000 followers. A parody account with a similar name It also stood out.

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Not surprisingly, real Hollywood actors aren’t amused. like Variety reportedStars are outraged at the idea of ​​competing with the algorithm. Actress Melissa Barrera said it frankly Instagram accounttells any agent who signs up for the AI ​​tool to “read the room” and that she hopes their human agents “will drop $$.”

The entertainment industry is fighting for the end Whether artificial intelligence tools will replace them Humans. His artificial intelligence It was a major issue In the acting strikes, earlier this year, a group of Hollywood actors petitioned… Training AI on copyrighted works is prohibited.

Particle6 has been criticized over the issue of traditional Hollywood agent representation of AI creations. Van der Velden recently announced that the company will spin off an agency for artificial intelligence creatives called Shikuya. But this does not mean that the main agency will stop providing traditional representation of its AI creativity.

“Xicoia creates and manages AI talent (think IP management) but can also license for mainstream representation, where required/required and where appropriate,” a Particle6 spokesperson told CNET.

In a social media post, van der Velden said: “I also believe that AI characters should be judged as part of their own type, on their own merits, rather than comparing them directly to human actors.”