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Friday, October 02, 2026
A.I. 'Actress' Glitches By Speaking Chinese During Interview
brobible.com: Last year, the world was introduced to Tilly Norwood, who was positioned as the world’s first A.I.-generated actress. However, it would appear that the company behind the nonexistent performer has some kinks to work out after its creation randomly started speaking Chinese in the middle of an interview.
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I have heard a lot about this AI 'actress" lately as people have been comparing her to Vocaloid characters such as Hatsune Miku and then Hatsune Miku fans have been going crazy because Vocaloid is not AI and is actually a completely human made 'voice bank' and people just have to rearrange notes and sounds to fit the song they are trying to make or cover. But this Tilly Norwood is no Vocaloid and is genuinely just the worst ever. I watched her music video and was appalled by how terrible it looked. comparing it back to Vocaloid again, Vocaloid music and videos are honestly the furthest from AI you could possibly get, with almost all the videos featuring either a human drawn art piece for the backdrop or even a full animated music video! this AI slop created by the creators of Tilly Norwood is far from artistic and im glad she was banned from being able to get an award at the Emmys or Oscars.
It’s interesting to see how AI is doing much more than simply taking over professions. The people behind these AI “actresses” not only use them to take on jobs, but also advertise and manage them as if they were real-life people. For example, Tilly Norwood has “her own” X account and publishes comments on it. I’ve also seen people using AI “actresses” to generate entire short shows that stream on TikTok, with each AI “actress” having their own TikTok account, interacting with each other, and posting feeds like a real human would. While this concept is interesting at first, it becomes really scary when you think about it more. AI can potentially exist as an entire, seemingly whole person, with an identity, characteristics, and habits just like us, as long as people are behind them managing their presence. The thought of this gives me chills, especially when I think about how many opportunities these AI “people” could potentially take from real humans.
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