gizmodo.com: Tilly Norwood, the ultimate industry plant, has been dubbed “the world’s first AI actor” by the people who created her. She is still yet to appear in a single film or TV show, but she has a new music video out that is loosely tied to the Oscars and is letting people know that AI is great, actually—a thing that it seems like you wouldn’t have to insist upon if AI were so great.
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There are so many things about this video that are upsetting. The words alone to the song causes a sort of anger in me because it feels like they are saying whatever they wanna say and putting music behind it and calling it art when in reality it's just a public campaign for AI. Another thing that sticks out to me about this video being wrong is the words have emotion behind them and they have meaning talking about being a human but in the video you can tell that she has no emotion and has no actual human emotion I truly believe that lies come from words and the truth is in the emotion and you truly can't portray that emotion without a soul and that's what makes everyone's soul so magical is that it can't be recreated. And I think trying to re-create someone's living soul in a computer-generated actor is taking away from the beauty of being a human. I hope that enough artists and creators will refuse to integrate AI into our art.
Everything this article talks about is horrifying and dystopian. With that in mind, sometimes I really enjoy smaller organizations’ writing pieces because the lack of New-York-Timesian both-sidesism really lets authors go on a tear about the things that bother them. I enjoy reading articles bashing and trashing AI slop, in the same way I love watching videos of fascists being embarrassed- it's cathartic. I like how the article paints the anti-AI perspective as the dominant view it is, pointing out the failures of AI Tilly and her lack of impact on just about anything at all. It’s reading pieces like this that give me some hope for the future- people speaking out about how ridiculous and bad AI art really is. With that being said, multiple aspects of the Tilly project that this article talks about are gross and downright terrifying. From the song lyrics talking about AI replacement of humans, some members of Hollywood supporting the use of AI actors instead of hiring real background actors, and the insistence that “18 humans worked” on Tilly. All of these all too real ideas, beliefs, and actions point towards the Orwellian dystopia of machine-made pop songs and entertainment media, but as long as the dominant view remains consistent with that of the author of this article, we’ll be in the clear.
^Henry Kane
This is just so weird. I watched her video, and I can confirm that it is extremely bad. The entire thing just feels like a justification of the use of AI. They even put a disclaimer stating that 18 humans worked on the video. I am not an AI hater, but I think that it should be used in a realistic way. You can’t just apply AI to any problem or industry and expect it to succeed. The entertainment industry is definitely one that AI should not be leading in. I absolutely understand that AI can be useful in speeding up certain workflows, however it can not create in the way that we need (or want) it to. Art is so much about the lived human experience, something which AI can never understand. I saw an article about Tilly Norwood’s search for representation last semester. That article made it sound like she was on the rise, so I find it really interesting to hear that she has not had much traction.
I really appreciate how upfront Dellinger is in this article. AI generated “art” is a mockery of art, as we use it to express the human experience, which is one thing AI is not. Not only does AI not know what it’s like to live in the world, we know that it’s capable of generating visuals solely from compiling data from art, the real world, etc., meaning it’s entirely unoriginal. This fact also comes with dire consequences to the people and ecosystem the datacenters inhabit. It’s important that people like Dellinger don’t stray in their morals and outwardly stand against useless, harmful AI. The way people widely receive concepts like Tilly Norwood can have a massive impact on how they’re treated, allowed, or restricted in the future. If we stay steadfast in our movement to protect art, there’s a fighting chance. I choose to fight my anger and disappointment on this topic with hope and faith in fellow artists.
“Why?” is the only question that we should be asking ourselves. There is absolutely zero reason for such an art form to ever be replaced by AI. The point of acting, specifically, is to bring a story to life in front of an audience to create a human connection and evoke an emotional response. “Tilly”’s music video should contradict everything that the entertainment industry stands for. With the rapid infiltration of AI in many other art forms, it is of great concern that “Tilly” and similar projects have already breached the sanctity, and so easily. It provides a certain degree of comfort that so many people seem to be against the idea. However, in order for this whole debacle to have even taken place, there had to be a strong enough handful of people who are interested in exploring the possibilities. To be clear, exploration and experimentation is great – that is what makes theatre theatre – but I think that efforts should be focused on using skills to better or build upon what already exists instead of trying to tear something down for a whole lot of nothing.
I love this article's tone towards the subject at hand and I completely agree. The song she’s singing, from the lyrics quoted in the article, is absurd and poorly made and hidden propaganda. I will not be watching the video out of refusal to give this downright disgusting AI dumpster another view. I find this whole thing to be stupid, pointless, revolting, and infuriating trash. I'm glad to see that this AI slop has not been well-received and that there is an active push against it. This slop hasn’t gained a mass following, nor are there really any people commenting positively on this garbage, which is great to see in a world filled with people that are stupid enough to fall for this AI propaganda crap. It makes me hopeful that the pushback against AI is actually working, as I have also seen other companies take a step away from AI as a result of people’s protests against it. It’s important to keep protesting and not supporting AI garbage attempting to make its way into media and the creative arts, as our efforts may have the potential to render AI obsolete for creative media. This could save so many futures and keep our humanity and arts alive.
This whole idea of an AI “actor” feels really strange to me. Acting is so connected to human emotion and lived experience, so it’s hard to understand what the purpose of something like Tilly Norwood really is. The music video especially feels less like art and more like an attempt to justify the use of AI in creative industries. Even the lyrics seem to be trying to convince the audience that AI belongs in a space that is usually centered around human expression. I also find it interesting that despite all the media attention, the actual audience response seems pretty negative. It shows that just because something gets publicity doesn’t mean people actually connect with it. For me, it raises a bigger question about what we value in art. If the emotional and human aspect is missing, it feels like something important is lost, even if the visuals or technology seem impressive on the surface.
I find this overall topic pretty weird and honestly creepy. The great thing about art and music is that it’s created by human talent and dedication, not by an AI actor. Who even thought about using AI to create a fake actor, there is no need or want for this. I don’t understand what the company behind the fake actor is truly trying to do with it. What is their overall goal? Why do they think the world needs a fake actor in the entertainment industry? I only watched a minute of the video, but why do the creators think it has a “human spark?” There is literally nothing about it that is human either, besides the fact that it mimics a human body, it’s really just a robot taking information from created work. I do hope the company behind this fake actor put their efforts somewhere else, this is something that no one really needs or wants and should maybe instead put their efforts into to real, human created entertainment.
I’m so curious as to what reaction they were intending to get and from what audience. If you want to win over the industry or everyday people for that matter, making an AI music video about how AI actors are coming is not it! I watched a Sunday Morning segment from when Tilly Norwood was first introduced, and they took you through the process and people that help to create an AI ad. That was much more interesting than the AI slop and showed the real-life humans who are a part of the process. We’re afraid of what we don’t understand… Instead of bombarding the world with AI is the future, it’s coming for you. Take the time to educate people on what it is and how it's created. And maybe make something that’s baseline enjoyable or entertaining at the least, to warm people up to the idea of AI. Also, emphasizing that AI actors will be their own genre and not take over human jobs might be a better place to start.
I feel like the argument behind ai content shouldn’t be it sucks so we shouldn’t watch it, it should focus more on the inethicacies of ai in general. When AI continues to develop it will look better and better with each update until it will be completely indistinguishable from real life so that “it doesn’t look good” argument won’t hold much water, instead of focusing on that, we shouldn’t be using it because it isn’t the right thing to do. It also does make me really happy to hear that Tilly doesn’t have a lot of fans currently and I don’t see that changing anytime soon because of the bad stigma surrounding it and the team, I am scared of a future where people follow ai creations on accident though especially if the technology improves, people will likely not disclose if something is ai if they can get away with it.(Also o’Leary’s comment on ai replacing background actors is really disgusting, no background actors should not be replaced with ai, people often start out as background actors and should be able to have those roles available to them)
This article was written with so much sarcasm and it brings me so much joy. I appreciate how the arts have generally formed this collective voice against AI, which shows in how this AI actor has literally not acted in anything. On the other hand, this video freaks me out to no end. I hate that we can literally see the propaganda for AI to be used by actors and directors being made in front of our faces. I guess in some way it is good that we can widely recognize how crazy this video even is, but the fact that it was made and that some company thought it would change minds just irks me. The part of the article talking about how the company that made this AI has discrepancies in what they are saying they will make versus what they are actually making reminds of this interview Hank Green did recently. He said that all of this propaganda is saying that AI is moving at the speed of light and is going to become sentient and integrated into everyday life, but we don’t have any actual evidence of this progress. I hope he’s right.
What kind of dystopia are we living in- this is crazy. This is exactly why artists are so anti- AI. this is hilarious too, if the only song this weird AI thing created is like this article stated, trying to justify why the technology should even exist, maybe it shoudn’t… how many people’s drinking water was just impacted by our NEED to have a fake little robot music video. The class divide is ridiculous here in the US anyways, and I think we absolutely cannot justify integrating this kind of technology. This is so extremely unnecessary. Music is supposed to be an art form like any other, to make humans feel something. To share a feeling with an artist, with an audience, not to promote AI as a product. I could almost guarantee nobody has ever cried to this song and somebody ever will because it is AI slop! I recently watched someone speak on his opinions of ai, he said something along the lines of, “imagine I made an incredible pizza, and my roommate puked it up, and it looked exactly like a pizza. Imagine everyone at my house then prefers puke to my pizza, and compliments him on how similar it is in taste and texture to a pizza- when I have already made a perfectly good pizza.” I think about this a lot when I think about AI. I could be angry forever but to simplify, “Tilly” should not exist. We should be hiring actors, artists, humans.
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