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The creators behind AI-generated “actress” Tilly Norwood have released a new music video and song addressing the public backlash to their character.<\/p>\n
An account bearing Norwood’s<\/a> name published a music video<\/a> on Tuesday showing the AI-generated actress singing and dancing to lyrics that seem to confront public pushback, as well as widespread condemnation from the entertainment world.<\/p>\n “When they talk about me, they don’t see \/ the human spark, the creativity \/ behind the code, behind the light \/ I’m just a tool, but I’ve got life,” the AI-generated Norwood sings in the music video.<\/p>\n The video shows Norwood singing and dancing through city streets as the London skyline appears in the background.<\/p>\n Another scene shows Norwood living the life of a celebrity, walking out onstage to a packed stadium show at one point, where she grabs a mic and begins to sing to the crowd.<\/p>\n The chorus includes the lyrics, “We can scale, we can grow \/ be the creators we’ve always known \/ It’s the next evolution, can’t you see? \/ AI’s not the enemy, it’s the key.”<\/p>\n Tilly Norwood appears in a music video published on her YouTube account.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n Tilly Norwood\/Youtube<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n AI-generated flamingos feature prominently throughout the video, even joining Norwood onstage. She also appears to ride a flamingo-shaped raft through the sky at another point in the video.<\/p>\n At the onset of the video, a message flashes across the screen: “The following production was made by 18 real humans — from production designers to costume designers to prompters, editors and an actor. No flamingos were harmed in the process.”<\/p>\n Noorwood is the creation of Dutch comedian, writer, actress, and producer Eline Van der Velden, the founder of Particle6, a U.K.-based AI production studio.<\/p>\n An account<\/a> for the AI-generated<\/a> actress has more than 90,000 followers on Instagram. There, the account owners share clips of Norwood “acting,” as well as describing as her first role.<\/p>\n Van der Velden recently created buzz when she claimed in a Sept. 27 panel at the Zurich Summit<\/a> that the company was in talks to sign its AI creation\u00a0— Norwood –with a talent agency to represent her for acting roles.<\/p>\n The idea quickly prompted backlash in Hollywood, including from actress Emily Blunt, who described the prospect to Variety<\/a> as “terrifying.”<\/p>\n The following day, Sept. 28, Van der Velden said\u00a0in a statement<\/a>\u00a0shared on social media that she views Norwood as a “piece of art,” not a replacement for human actors.<\/p>\n In December, when asked about her past comments saying that she aims to make Norwood the next Scarlett Johansson or Natalie Portman, Van Der Velden told ABC News’ Kyra Phillips<\/a>, “That’s not what she’s here for and that’s absolutely not my plan.”<\/p>\n “I think it’s very important for the creative industries to take this tech and control it,” she added. “I’m part of the creative industry, so I want us to be in control of the guidelines and the ethics around this and it not to be imposed by the tech industry.”<\/p>\n<\/div>\n