Tilly Norwood: how scared should we be of the viral AI ‘actor’?
by Stuart Heritage from Technology | The Guardian on (#70DFF)
A bunch of code is being pushed as the next Scarlett Johansson, a creation that is already causing pushback from real human actors
It takes a lot to be the most controversial figure in Hollywood, especially when Mel Gibson still exists. And yet somehow, in a career yet to even begin, Tilly Norwood has been inundated with scorn.
This is for the simple fact that Tilly Norwood does not exist. Despite looking like an uncanny fusion of Gal Gadot, Ana de Armas and High School Musical-era Vanessa Hudgens, Norwood is the creation of an artificial intelligence (AI) talent studio called Xicoia. And if Xicoia is to be believed, then Norwood represents the dazzling future of the film industry.
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