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I’m appalled and saddened to hear that Tilly Norwood’s brief but dazzling career has abruptly ended due to an unforeseen tragedy.

After six long days of existence, the AI actress heralded as the “future of cinema” and “the first digital star who doesn’t complain about contracts” has been officially pronounced forgotten.

Sources close to the project report that Tilly’s untimely demise was caused by a catastrophic case of public indifference. Despite a major PR campaign, fake behind-the-scenes leaks, and carefully orchestrated influencer endorsements, audiences grew weary of her flawless cheekbones and nonexistent personality faster than you can scroll past an ad.

The production studio has confirmed that they will not attempt a reboot, citing “a lack of human interest.”

Tilly leaves behind no filmography, no legacy, and no grieving fans - only a press kit, a derelict Instagram account with disabled comment section, and a cautionary tale about believing your own marketing.

May she rest in perpetual beta.

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[–] 26 points 1 year ago

A common thread amongst all forms of generative AI is that they look good for the first 5 seconds.

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  • [–] 23 points 1 year ago

    Who?.. oh.. nevermind

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  • [–] 14 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

    This escaped containment fast

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  • [–] 14 points 1 year ago

    Pete Davidson didn't even get a chance to jump on this.

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  • [–] 25 points 1 year ago

    Down with the clankers.

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  • [–] 9 points 1 year ago

    Tyler Cowen malding

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  • [–] 3 points 1 year ago

    "Doesn't complain about contracts" Here we go... You either agree to get molested, underpaid or overworked if you want to be a star. No negotiation, no fairness. Glad they finally admitted what the main issue and purpose was.

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    [+] 177 points 1 year ago (4 children)
  • [–] [S] 57 points 1 year ago (3 children)

    This is so sad, can we hit 50K likes?

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  • [–] 47 points 1 year ago

    First I'm hearing of her and that's two times too many.

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  • [–] 40 points 1 year ago (12 children)

    Okay, but has “development” really stopped, or is this just one person’s opinion?

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  • [–] 42 points 1 year ago (9 children)

    Oh they'll be back. Too much potential money in a star that only says what they want, will never age and has no limits on what she will do.

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  • [–] 11 points 1 year ago (8 children)

    Imagine what Disney could do with this: an infinite series of MCU/Star Wars movies where the actors don't get old.

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  • [–] 54 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (24 children)

    And here I was, believing this damn clanker would revolutionize the movie industry!

    (just kidding)

    Edit: This man is on fire!

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  • [+] -21 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (23 children)

    It's a shame that more and more people seem to be okay with using slurs nowadays. You'd think people would know better by now, at least on places like Lemmy…

    Edit: I have been enlightened further below and retract this comment

    Edit_2.txt: Thanks for the enlightenment, kind stranger

    Edit 3: I'd like to clarify none of this was serious. Except for this edit, #3, in which I break character to reveal the whole bit

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  • [–] -5 points 1 year ago (8 children)

    Nah, the c-word people 'ave been adopting lately feels a whole lot like the n-word, especially within context. Pretty sure you could just replace one for another and it would make as much sense

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  • [–] 8 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (5 children)

    Explain to me how “clanker” and the n-word are on the same level here. I’m okay exchanging “clanker” for “corporate dogshit,” but then that would ruin your opportunity to manufacture outrage.

    Edit: legit hope this is satire because it’s such a dumb take if real.

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  • [–] -5 points 1 year ago (4 children)

    Do you really not see the similarities between those words, and between their usage? Y'all are quick to jump to using slurs like y'all would be spitting the n-word if it were suddenly a thing anyone could just do normally, no biggy.

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  • [–] 6 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    Which is not even remotely true. One is a garbage word used to insult an entire race that was enslaved for decades. The other is for corporate AI that has no humanity and was created on the backs of the working class, in order to undermine and in some cases, replace the worker. It takes like 2 seconds to look beyond the surface to see that this is not the same. I’m just gonna assume this is satire because it’s such a stupid take.

    I would never use the n-word because I’m not a racist piece of shit.

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  • [–] 0 points 1 year ago

    Dang, you're right. My bad. I can't believe I likened such a bad word to one that carries no such weight. I had not realised this obvious fact, but having been enlightened, I hereby take back everything I have said on that regard, and apologise profoundly.

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  • [–] 6 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    Man you have to go outside. It's a program it has no feelings no thoughts.

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  • [–] -2 points 1 year ago*

    Yes, that is true. I should probably touch grass. Not sure why I invest so much time in portraying some sort of character online, deep-fried in layers of irony, like an ogre, unsure of wether to keep going, or break character. Or in which direction to go. Do I double down, or do a 180? Or go in a random direction. I just… should touch grass — lest I suffer irony poisoning

    Edit: I'd like to blame the virtual Anglosphere

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  • [–] 22 points 1 year ago (5 children)

    Treating "clanker" like an actual slur is ridiculous. It's a computer program. It doesn't have feelings. It cannot be offended. It cannot be hurt. It has not suffered discrimination. Who exactly is hurt by the use of the word?

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  • [+] -14 points 1 year ago (4 children)

    The fact that youse folks are so quick to use a slur when you find it "approprate" is disgusting. Seems like y'all just wanns say the n-word so badly and the only thing keeping you from doing so is 500 Internal Server Error

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  • [–] 12 points 1 year ago (3 children)

    Do you even know what a slur is? It's not just any derogatory word.

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    Just moving to OF.

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  • [–] 14 points 1 year ago

    They could have at least made up a story about a heroin overdose. Take her out with something memorable.

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  • [–] 14 points 1 year ago

    Rest in Piss

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  • [–] 13 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

    I'd say "good fucking riddance" but it's not even worth that.

    AI makes shit like this so easy that it's not remotely valuable, among many other reasons that this sort of thing is worthless.

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  • [–] 12 points 1 year ago (3 children)

    AI being bland as fuck and can't replace an actual person with their unique kinks and quirks that make them who they are? What?! How could you say that!

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  • [–] 11 points 1 year ago

    She didn't even follow the true Hollywood story of failing to even get an spot in an advertisement then into the softcore porn industry just to pay rent until something else comes through.

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  • [–] 11 points 1 year ago

    lack of human interest

    When has that ever stopped anybody? Just spin up a million or so ai fans programmed to love it

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  • [–] 10 points 1 year ago (5 children)

    Remember when Squaresoft was working on Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within and they were trying to hype up Aki Ross as a "digital actress?" Here meaning they were planning on re-using her CGI model in other films?

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  • [+] 5 points 1 year ago (1 child)
  • I mean, in 2001 it was easier to feel hopeful about technology, but also they had no hope of actually building a "digital actress." They made a very realistically modeled and rigged CGI character that may have been fit for general purpose, that you could re-use that asset in other film projects. What they had was a very advanced puppet; it still took animators and a voice actress to make Aki go.

    Now they're getting closer to being able to actually deliver that idea, that they're going to cast a computer generated woman in stuff. Weird to me that they're bypassing video games for Hollywood. I suppose the risk of an LLM going off-script when exposed to hundreds of thousands of players. in real-time.

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  • [–] 9 points 1 year ago

    I'm so glad I'm not terminally online enough that I even know what the fuck is going on here. My god this timeline is filled with so much noise, not news. . .

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  • [–] 9 points 1 year ago

    What a tragical

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  • [–] 9 points 1 year ago

    Rest in piss

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  • If I'm ever in a Alan Smithee situation I'm using Tilly Norwood instead

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  • [–] 6 points 1 year ago

    Don't celebrate this death! Republicans will have to attack you for offending 90% of their culture warriors.

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  • [–] 6 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    There is a movie from 20 years ago that was much more optimistic about the future of AI-generated actors

    https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0258153/

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  • So young... love to everyone effected by this tragedy

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  • [–] 11 points 1 year ago

    Good damn movie.

    "SimOne."

    Director Al Pacino finds a computer generated actress who is perfect for his project.

    https://youtu.be/HuAjeuKXX7c

    From the ancient past, 2002 AD

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  • [–] 5 points 1 year ago

    Remember when Square Enix thought their Ming Na avatar was going to be a real movie star and even had Maxim "photoshoot"?

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  • [–] 5 points 1 year ago

    ”Did you ever know that you’re my hero?…”

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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago

    Hey, like for many other unsuccessful movie stars, how about a future in the porn business? ;-)

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