The first virtual actress created entirely by artificial intelligence, was presented at the Zurich Film Festival. This innovation has caused Hollywood controversy, with various personalities criticizing the project, while its creators claim that it is not a replacement of human actors, but a new artistic tool.
It was recently presented the one who could become the first film star fully created by Artificial Intelligence (AI). It’s called Tilly Norwood and was developed by the Xicoia Studio, led by actress and producer Eline Van der Velden, integrated in British producer Particle6 Productions Ltd.
The young virtual actress was officially revealed last weekend, during the marking its public debut in the cinematic universe. Is the first creation of the Xicoia studio, dedicated to the development of talents generated by AI, with Appearance, personality and digital presence designed to adapt to the requirements of the entertainment industry.
According to Eline van der Velden, the studio is currently in negotiations with several talent agents interested in representing this new virtual actresswhich can lead to a possible paradigm shift in the way they are conceived and produce audiovisual content.
“When we launched Tilly for the first time, people asked, ‘What is this?’, And now we will announce, in the coming months, what will be the agency that will represent it,” he said Eline van der Velden, Citada Pela .
That is, if negotiations are realized, Tilly Norwood will be represented by a talent agency, as with actors and actresses of flesh and bone: “We want Tilly to be the next Scarlett Johansson or Natalie Portman. That’s the goal of what we are doing.”
Hollywood Against Creation of Actress by
The creation of artificial intelligence of the Xicoia studio raised a wave of negative criticism and reactions in Hollywood, raising several issues that ask Border between entertainment, technology and ethics.
For example, Melissa Barrerastar of “In the Heights” and the franchise “Scream”it was one of the first personalities of the film industry to express its discontent, appealing to all Actors and actresses to abandon any agent who represents Tilly Norwood.
The actress Kiersey Clemons required that the names of the agencies involved were publicly publicized, while Mara Wilsonwho gave life to the iconic Matildacriticized the project strongly: “What a shame of these people. They stole the faces of hundreds of young women to create this ‘actress’ of artificial intelligence. They are not creators. They are robbers of identity.”
One of Hollywood’s most influential voices to speak out against this scenario was that of Whoopi Goldberg. The actress warned that this type of creation represents a “Unjust advantage”for combining characteristics of various famous personalities.
“The problem with this, in my humble opinion, is that it is suddenly competing with something that was generated from five thousand other actors. It has the attitude of Bette Davis, the lips of Humphrey Bogart… So it’s a slightly unfair advantage.
But do you know what more? That comes. You can always distinguish us from them. We move differently, our faces move differently, our bodies move differently, “he said Whoopi Goldberg no programa
“She is not a substitute for a human being “
As negative reactions from Hollywood led Eline van der Velden, creator of Tilly Norwood, to issue a about its creation generated by AI.
Argues that Tilly Norwood was not developed in order to replace a human being, but as a “work of art”: “I see artificial intelligence not as a replacement of people, but as a new tool.”he said.
