b҉Taffy Brodesser-Akner manages not to notice that what makes management so excited about this is the same reason workers are repulsed. it’s a pretty virtuosic aversion to extremely simple class analysis:
Immediately upon Eline’s introduction of Tilly to the world in July 2025 via a short A.I.-generated comedy sketch that Eline created to showcase Particle 6’s A.I. capabilities, the two of them were besieged and maligned by panicked actors, hostile and incensed union statements and approximately 1,000 think pieces. … SAG-AFTRA, the actors’ union, issued a statement saying: “‘Tilly Norwood’ is not an actor, it’s a character generated by a computer program that was trained on the work of countless professional performers — without permission or compensation.”
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To be fair, there was also positive outreach. Directors and studios, excited by the possibilities, got in touch with Eline, eager to experiment with Tilly and see what A.I. could do in movie and TV production.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/31/magazine/ai-actress-tilly-norwood.html
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