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Controversial AI actor Tilly Norwood will star in her first movie, a comedy drama called \u201cMisaligned.\u201d <\/p>\n
The film portrays Tilly as an AI being with \u201cno real body\u201d and lived experience but with access to everyone else\u2019s, according to Particle 6, the London-based company behind Norwood.<\/p>\n
Norwood drew intense ire <\/a>from many Hollywood actors last year, when an executive behind her creation said Norwood would soon be signed to a talent agency. Some actors worried that AI characters trained on human likenesses without permission or compensation could one day replace them in movies and shows. <\/p>\n Particle 6 emphasized that the movie is a \u201chybrid production\u201d with film and TV professionals working with AI specialists. <\/p>\n \u201cOur ambition with Tilly Norwood has always been to show the creative industry what is possible with AI at any one point in time,\u201d said Eline van der Velden, Particle 6 chief executive in a statement. der Velden said the film will help traditional filmmakers \u201cupskill and transition to a world where AI will play an increasingly important part.\u201d <\/p>\n \u201cWe remain passionate about helping people develop AI skills that will ensure they \u2013 and the industry \u2013 continue to thrive,\u201d der Velden said. <\/p>\n In \u201cMisaligned,\u201d the plot progresses when Tilly is later convinced by a rogue bot to ignore her guardrails and start developing ambitions of her own, which make her more human and famous, and \u201cTilly begins to develop shame that her very being has been built on the whole of humanity,\u201d Particle 6 said. <\/p>\n \u201cThe film will absolutely be funny, chaotic and self-aware \u2014 very Tilly,\u201d van der Velden said in a statement. \u201cBut underneath it, there\u2019s something deeper about identity, performance, and our very human fears around AI. And yes, art will most definitely be imitating life.\u201d<\/p>\n AI remains a controversial topic in Hollywood, as many people in the entertainment industry are preparing themselves for the way the technology will change jobs and the way things are done. AI companies have touted how their tools could lower the cost and the amount of time it takes to produce visual effects <\/a>. Meanwhile, writers and actors have expressed worries<\/a> about their work being misused to train AI models. <\/p>\n \u201cThey are taking our professional members\u2019 work that has been created, sometimes over generations, without permission, without compensation and without acknowledgment, building something new,\u201d SAG-AFTRA President Sean Astin said last year regarding the controversy surrounding Tilly Norwood. <\/p>\n \u201cBut the truth is, it\u2019s not new. It manipulates something that already exists, so the conceit that it isn\u2019t harming actors \u2014 because it is its own new thing \u2014 ignores the fundamental truth that it is taking something that doesn\u2019t belong to them,\u201d Astin said.<\/p>\n SAG-AFTRA did not immediately return a request for comment on Tilly\u2019s first movie. <\/p>\n