This Actress Went Viral in a New Music Video and She Does Not Exist: Meet AI's First 'Celebrity'

Her name is Tilly Norwood. She has been featured in professional productions. She has fans, haters, and now a music video. And she is not real.

Tilly Norwood is a completely AI-generated actress who just appeared in a new music video that directly addresses the massive public backlash against her existence. This video blew up on YouTube with thousands of views and reignited a fierce debate about whether AI-generated people should be allowed to take jobs from real actors.

The concept is wild when you think about it. A fake person, created entirely by artificial intelligence, is now starring in content that responds to real human emotions about fake people replacing real humans. It is like a hall of mirrors.

The backlash against AI-generated performers has been building for months. Real actors and musicians have been vocal about the threat AI poses to their livelihoods. Hollywood unions have fought hard to get protections against AI likenesses written into contracts. And here comes Tilly, essentially proving their point by existing.

But supporters argue this is just the beginning of a new creative medium. Why hire expensive actors when you can generate photorealistic performers who never get tired, never have scheduling conflicts, and never demand a raise?

Whether you think Tilly Norwood is a glimpse of an exciting future or a dystopian nightmare probably says a lot about where you stand on AI in general. Either way, she is not going away. And neither is this debate.

As reported by YouTube.

Source: YouTube