AI Actress Tilly Norwood Debuts at Zurich Summit as Industry Grapples With Emerging Tech: We Want Her ‘to Be the Next Scarlett Johansson’ - AI actress Tilly Norwood has attracted the attention of multiple talent agents, actor, comedian and producer Eline Van der Velden told a panel at the Zurich Summit, the industry strand of the Zurich Film Festival.

AI actress Tilly Norwood has attracted the attention of multiple talent agents, actor, comedian and producer Eline Van der Velden told a panel at the Zurich Summit, the industry strand of the Zurich Film Festival.

Tilly Norwood is the first creation to emerge from recently launched AI talent studio Xicoia, a spin-off from Van der Velden’s AI production studio Particle6.

Van der Velden said that studios were quietly moving forward with AI projects, and that further announcements would come in the next few months.

“We were in a lot of boardrooms around February time, and everyone was like, ‘No, this is nothing. It’s not going to happen.’ Then, by May, people were like, ‘We need to do something with you guys,’” said Van der Velden, who was being interviewed on stage Saturday by Diana Lodderhose of Deadline.

“When we first launched Tilly, people were like, ‘What’s that?,’ and now we’re going to be announcing which agency is going to be representing her in the next few months.”

In July, Norwood revealed on her Facebook page that she had appeared in her first role, a comedy sketch “AI Commissioner,” which can be found below.

Norwood wrote, “Can’t believe it… my first ever role is live! I star in ‘AI Commissioner,’ a new comedy sketch that playfully explores the future of TV development produced by the brilliant team at Particle6 Productions.”

She added, “I may be AI generated, but I’m feeling very real emotions right now. I am so excited for what’s coming next!”

“We want Tilly to be the next Scarlett Johansson or Natalie Portman, that’s the aim of what we’re doing,” Van der Velden told Broadcast International, adding that economic issues were driving the movie and TV business toward AI production.

"People are realizing that their creativity doesn’t need to be boxed in by a budget – there are no constraints creatively and that’s why AI can really be a positive,” Van der Velden continued. “It’s just about changing people’s viewpoint.”

In a LinkedIn post, Van der Velden commented, “Audiences? They care about the story — not whether the star has a pulse. Tilly is already attracting interest from talent agencies and fans. The age of synthetic actors isn’t ‘coming’ — it’s here.”

Particle6 has produced content across multiple genres, from “Miss Holland” for BBC Three to “True Crime Secrets” for Hearst Networks, and “Look See Wow!” for Sky Kids.

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[Yamaha YM2612]

Yeah, crazy how everyone's wanking to images of horseless carriages these days.

I don't count cars as tech

I think that's a feature, not a bug.

Well sure. I just mean, like "hey we're not pedos, that's just a conspiracy theory" and they do shit like this every chance they get. All the time. Not just this, it's like sabrina carpenter, Ariana grande, all this shit

 

[cleanerfromvenus]

I'm just mad at the fact that they clearly gave the AI the same direction for every shot and only changed the context. Very lazy script writing and direction.

 

[Otterly]

Audiences won't go for it, point blank. Moreover, I find it extremely interesting that AI was originally billed as a tool for productivity, so we can have more time to spend on personal and creative tasks, meanwhile it absolutely fucking sucks for productivity (Studies show that AI assisted "vibe coding" is comically slow and inefficient compared to traditional) and the roles they are pushing it into hardest are the creative and enjoyable roles. It's fucking dystopian.

It is notable isn’t it? Tech should be a tool to do the drudge work so we can spend more time on the fun stuff, and it ends up being used to destroy the fun stuff so we have more focus on the drudge work . Almost as if it’s not a tool for us to use but a tool to control is

 

[squonken180]

its clearly labeled as a comedy sketch.

 

[The Evil Midnight Bomber]

I don't count cars as tech

What are they then, magic?

 

[Nameless One]

Total fucking Hollywood death. I love this. I love that it's a comedy skit even more and has caused another panic. It's better than what people were dreading/anticipating. It reads like an old greentext.

 

[Ed Special]

Yeah, crazy how everyone's wanking to images of horseless carriages these days.

Most people don't wank to them, but we did have a whole genre of custom vans built around being, for all intents and purposes, privately-owned mobile love hotels.

Also, for your consideration:


All technology eventually evolves to enable young men to get their rocks off.

 

[honse]

She looks Jewish to me.

 

[Nameless One]

So many big studio movies are 90% CGI at this point, so I don't really see the issue with making the remaining 10% computer generated, too. At least an AI actor/actress won't go off and say retarded things. The real issue will arise when they start making AI child actors and then freaks start making porn of them.

If anything else I can finally complete American History X with Edward Norton shaving his head in the bathroom and smiling. I'm still so fucking pissed off that the director was snubbed of that ending and his film was made redundant. It's SUPPOSED to be a cycle, it's not sunshine and rainbows. Edward Norton and his Jew friends went against the ending and caused trouble. Now look where he is. Faggot finally fell off. Fuck Edward Norton. I like his performances but he's a complete dipshit to work with and needed Stanley Kubrick tier criticism. Actors these days seem like endless Ed Nortons now that they get worshipped more.

 

[Law]

All technology eventually evolves to enable young men to get their rocks off.

I think it's the other way around. Men will take anything, including technology, and use it for masturbation. "If something exists, there's porn of it", not "porn exists, and causes other things to exist in order to proliferate itself". It's a parasite, not a progenitor.

 

[Ed Special]

I think it's the other way around. Men will take anything, including technology, and use it for masturbation. "If something exists, there's porn of it", not "porn exists, and causes other things to exist in order to proliferate itself". It's a parasite, not a progenitor.

This does not contradict my statement. Plenty of parasites hijack and force mutations upon their host.

 

[Sinner's Sandwich]

Audiences won't go for it, point blank.

There are thousands of people paying to watch Hatsune Miku "performing" on stage.

Audiences won't go for it right now because realistic AI technology is very new and needs improvement. But people will get used to it over time. Sure there is lots of screeching but the complainers will eventually die and the next generations will see AI in movies as normal as we see CGI now. AI in movies and television is here to stay.

 

[linchan]

As much as this makes me roll my eyes, people who insist on the human aspect of the trade make me roll my eyes harder because, in the modern day, I have to actively ignore the person behind the character to fully enjoy their work, on the other hand, when I know very little of a creator whose work I admire, I tend to hold them a lot in higher regard.

I think most people who claim to care about the person behind the work are talking out of their ass because we actually don't know much about celebrities and their lives. If this website is of any evidence, people who broadcast their entire lives can easily become the subject of massive ridicule, and very few end up the subject of great admiration.

There are thousands of people paying to watch Hatsune Miku "performing" on stage.

Audiences won't go for it right now because realistic AI technology is very new. But people will get used to it over time. Sure there is lots of screeching but the complainers will eventually die and the next generations will see AI in movies as normal as we see CGI now.

People severely underestimate how prevalent CGI is in movies that sell itself on practical effects. Ironically, in the effort to value a craft that is seemingly more human, practical effects over CGI, it's gone to the point that this antagonism towards CGI has utterly eliminated the industry's attempt at giving credit to digital artists in the field. Which is why I don't buy the idea that being Anti-technology is fundamentally Pro-Human.

 

[cleanerfromvenus]

There are thousands of people paying to watch Hatsune Miku "performing" on stage.

Japanese men know how to animate people. It's been proven.

Dutch women on the other hand, that's a completely new territory. I'm just not seeing very much in the way of animation going on here. It's pretty lifeless and feels like a Geico commercial.

 

[The Mass Shooter Ron Soye]

Haha. I was late to posting this. I like The Telegraph's headline:

‘Hollywood is desperate to hire my AI actress’ (archive)

Tilly Norwood on verge of acting superstardom – even though she is not a real person, suggests digital production company boss

This still is a little uncanny, hadn't watched videos yet:



This has been a long time coming, isn't quite ready yet, but will obviously be a thing. If you randomly generate a character like this, you dodge personality rights issues.

Real life actsores who are pissed at this can always eat the bugs and star in off-Broadway productions instead.

 

[Sweeter and Savoury]

the thought at how the perverts of our world will use this for porn is terrifying.

 

[Kofi Drinka]

The AI character's head seemed to float on it's neck. It was very disturbing.

Were the people before it AI generated as well? That would have been impressive.

Audiences won't care if it's AI or not once it's rolling. Same way they don't care about CGI slop not being real. Fake people made by humans and fake people made by AI makes no difference as long as it performs the role well enough.

 

[Niggs Monaghan]

Lol her name is Norwood.

I had to look it up: Savita Bhabhi

It did give us this classic meme, though.

 

[Professional Noticer]

I honestly find this kinda interesting.
I'm not gonna watch the movies because I completely game up on that medium, but I think some people will.
Pajeets love this kinda shit, and so do the chinese. And like it or not, that's a huge market, to a point where American movies are made with these markets in mind.

While I am of the side of "AI fucking sucks" especially with art related stuff, movies are in a weird position. Unlike a painting, here the whole art comes from the painter, movies are a mix of a ton of parts - Script, Director, Actors, Budget, Effects Team. There is also a lot of slop being made for grifting reasons - We even have a name for it, Hollywood Accounting.
I haven't seen a good non slop movie in decades and I'm not exagerating. I'm sure they exist, but they get drowned out by the Marvel Capeshit we get 4 times a year. I honestly don't care if that industry burns.

Anyway, this actually already happens with Music - Hatsune Miko has been around for a long time, and so do a ton of other vocaloids. It didn't replace standard singers of course - they sorta co-exist together, and I'm sure if this happens to movies, its gonna be the same. Standard movies will still exist, and people will have a preference.

But as we eventually get replaced with ipad kids that will grow up used to AI garbage, I trully believe they won't care as much as we do. People already pretend they are artists by sharing AI made art. I think this will become more and more normal.

I don't think its happening now, but in 20 years, who knows.

Another interesting point is that, Square Enix predicted this back in 2001 with their movie Final Fantasy - The Spirits Within. That movie was a fucking failure, but they were building something more than "just a movie" with that. They were planning to actually "rent out" the rights to the CGI actress to star in different movies (exactly what is happening with this Tilly), and they wanted for "realistic CGI movies" to be mainstream. The problem is that the tech just wasn't there yet, and sadly their breakout movie sucked.

Obviously Square wasn't using AI, they were just using CGI effects, which is part of the reason it flopped (it was too expensive). But the idea of making "real movies" with computers was there.

(Yes im aware this is a comedy sketch but the concept is still very real)

 

[Raiken]

funny, if this becomes a mainstay every single movie will be an animated movie. i can't for movies to become prompt generated garbadge that no-one checked before submitting a safety check to see how fucking awefull it is.