"Tilly Norwood isn't a real person. She's an AI creation from Eline Van der Velden, a Dutch comedian and technologist who developed the "actress" with her production company, Particle6, through its new AI talent studio offshoot called Xicoia."
""No, are you serious? That's an AI? Good Lord, we're screwed," she said. "That is really, really scary, Come on, agencies, don't do that. Please stop. Please stop taking away our human connection." When Blunt was told agents want Norwood to be "the next Scarlett Johansson," she responded: "But we already have Scarlett Johansson.""
""To those who have expressed anger over the creation of my AI character, Tilly Norwood, she is not a replacement for a human being, but a creative work-a piece of art," she wrote. "Like many forms of art before her,"
Tilly Norwood is an AI-created virtual actress developed by Eline Van der Velden through Particle6's AI talent studio offshoot Xicoia. Talent agencies have expressed interest in signing Norwood after her debut in a July comedy sketch, and Van der Velden indicated that representation announcements could arrive in the coming months. The prospect has provoked sharp criticism from many Hollywood actors, who voiced anger online and in press comments. Academy Award nominee Emily Blunt reacted viscerally, calling the creation frightening and urging agencies not to pursue it. Van der Velden defended Norwood as a creative work and insisted she is not a replacement for human beings.
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