This weekend brought news of another Hollywood controversy, as some AI grifter tried to debut an “AI actress.” Deadline reported that multiple talent agencies are trying to sign “Tilly Norward.” Eline Van der Velden is an actor and comedian, and apparently “created” the AI nonsense in question. During the Zurich Summit, Van der Velden discussed “developing” content for AI production studio Particle6. (As a matter of course, I feel the need to point out that generative AI models effectively steal from other sources to “produce” their various wares. So, yeah what acting is really going on here?)
Melissa Barrera, Ralph Ineson and others quickly reacted to the news in ways you would expect artists and actors to respond. Basically disgust, and it’s hard to blame them. The Screen Actors Guild had a lengthy strike recently to avoid nonsense just like this. But, it sounds like, as it would happen with AI in general, the public just isn’t interested in having “generated” stars on their screens. In fact, it’s hard enough to see our faves on-screen without this business gumming up the works.
