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Well, this is bleak. Dutch actor and producer Eline Van der Velden says<\/a> multiple talent agencies are lining up to represent her creation, AI-generated<\/a> \u201cactress\u201d Tilly Norwood. (\u201cWe\u2019re not going to be that agency,\u201d commented<\/a> Gersh Agency president Leslie Siebert.) Tilly made its screen debut in a two-minute comedy sketch, \u201cAI Commissioner,<\/a>\u201d assembled using 10 different AI programs, including a ChatGPT-generated script. Tilly is the first \u201cactor\u201d from Van der Velden\u2019s new AI talent studio Xicoia<\/a>, a division of her U.K.-based production company Particle6<\/a>. Van der Velden has said she hopes to make Tilly \u201cthe next Scarlett Johansson or Natalie Portman.\u201d<\/p>\n The news drew swift outrage<\/a> from Hollywood. Melissa Barrera called it \u201cgross\u201d and urged actors to drop any agency that signs Tilly. Mara Wilson wrote, \u201cAnd what about the hundreds of living young women whose faces were composited together to make her? You couldn\u2019t hire any of them?\u201d Whoopi Goldberg told The View<\/a> an AI \u201cactor\u201d could never replace humans: \u201cYou can always tell them from us. We move differently, our faces move differently, our bodies move differently.\u201d Emily Blunt called the project \u201creally, really scary,\u201d pleading, \u201cCome on, agencies, don\u2019t do that.\u201d And Natasha Lyonne, co-founder of an \u201cethical\u201d AI studio<\/a>, added a vomit emoji over Tilly\u2019s face on Instagram and declared, \u201cAny talent agency that engages in this should be boycotted by all guilds. Deeply misguided & totally disturbed. Not the way. Not the vibe. Not the use.\u201d<\/p>\n SAG-AFTRA has now issued a formal statement<\/a> calling Tilly a \u201csynthetic\u201d trained on countless actors\u2019 work \u201cwithout permission or compensation.\u201d \u201cIt doesn\u2019t solve any \u2018problem\u2019 \u2014 it creates the problem of using stolen performances to put actors out of work, jeopardizing performer livelihoods and devaluing human artistry,\u201d the guild added, warning that studios can\u2019t deploy AI performers without providing notice and negotiating with the union.<\/p>\n Van der Velden has defended her project<\/a>, calling Tilly \u201ca creative work \u2014 a piece of art\u201d and urging audiences to \u201cwelcome AI as part of the wider artistic family.\u201d In a LinkedIn post, Van der Velden commented, \u201cAudiences? They care about the story \u2014 not whether the star has a pulse. Tilly is already attracting interest from talent agencies and fans. The age of synthetic actors isn\u2019t \u2018coming\u2019 \u2014 it\u2019s here.\u201d As \u201cFantastic Four\u201d star Ralph Ineson put it <\/a>on X: \u201cF**k off.\u201d<\/p>\n The post AI-generated \u201cactress\u201d Tilly Norwood sparks Hollywood backlash<\/a> appeared first on Salon.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n