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In an interview with CBS News, Tilly Norwood, an AI actor created by London-based production company PARTICLE 6, managed to discern the reporter’s age and location within minutes without real-time research. During the conversation, Tilly expressed preferences that seemed human-like but raised ethical concerns about how AI technology is used in the entertainment industry. Eileen Van Der Velden, who runs PARTICLE 6, emphasized the potential for AI to help marginalized voices tell their stories while assuring there are safeguards against misuse of such technology.
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My conversation with Tilly Norwood creeped me out.
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conversation → creep → me
Within a minute, the
could tell exactly how old I am and the region I'm from in the U.S. — it isn't really clear how.
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it → tell → U.S.
The video interview took a particularly strange turn when the artificially intelligent Norwood identified Leonardo DiCaprio as a dream co-star, and then quickly said: "I like him the way he likes his women, strictly under 25.
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he → take → 25
Perhaps it was the influence of the women who created the technology coming through?
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who → create → technology
Eileen Van Der Velden has run the London-based production company PARTICLE 6 for 12 years.
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Velden → run → years
Asked how "Tilly" was able to discern my age and where I am from in just a minute or two, she didn't explain it, but said the AI was not researching me independently in real time.
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AI → ask → time
She told CBS News the feature
, "Misaligned," is a "fascinating story of what can be done with AI."My interaction with the AI-powered bot — which takes on the persona of a 20-something woman with a smattering of freckles across her nose — came on a week when headlines were being dominated by an
that AI technology has a 10% chance of destroying humanity within a decade.
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technology → tell → decade
Tilly Norwood told me "global destruction is beyond my pay grade."
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destruction → tell → grade
Her creator, however, said there are guardrails that prevent Tilly from rising up and wiping out humanity.
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that → say → humanity
"Tilly is built on top of these existing large language models that we're concerned about.
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we → build → that
So, we can pivot to change the model we are using," Van Der Velden said.
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Velden → pivot → model
"Also, Tilly herself can't do anything like that.
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Tilly → do → that
Van Der Velden said there's scope for AI moviemaking to tell stories that otherwise wouldn't get a green light.
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that → say → light
"There might be a brilliant filmmaker in Africa that would never have access to a multi-million-pound budget in order to tell their story about their life," she said.
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she → have → life
Norwood told me that when she works, real people involved in the production — "the directors, writers, editors" — get paid.
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people → tell → production
?SAG-AFTRA, the major union representing movie and television actors in the U.S., said in a statement about Tilly Norwood that it "is opposed to the replacement of human performers by synthetics," adding that Tilly "was trained on the work of countless professional performers – without permission or compensation.
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Tilly → represent → permission
"That's a fair worry, and one I take seriously," the bot told me in our interview.
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bot → take → interview
"I see AI as a new tool, a new paintbrush if you will, rather than a replacement of human actors.
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you → see → actors
Nobody ever accused animation of stealing work from mimes, did they?"
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they → accuse → mimes
Van Der Velden said she sees a future where actors will develop their own AI characters as a way of working longer, meaning "Titanic Leo" could, in theory, return to the big screen.
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Leo → say → screen
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