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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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[–] Treczoks@lemmy.world 2 points 10 hours ago

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

[–] Nikelui@lemmy.world 5 points 13 hours ago (1 children)

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/

[–] incompetent@programming.dev 1 points 2 hours ago
[–] BilSabab@lemmy.world 5 points 1 day ago

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

[–] Scotty_Trees@lemmy.world 8 points 1 day 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. . .

[–] ruuster13@lemmy.zip 6 points 1 day ago

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

[–] boonhet@sopuli.xyz 48 points 1 day ago

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

[–] bigfondue@lemmy.world 175 points 2 days ago (3 children)

Lack of human interest? Why not just create AI fans?

[–] unknown@piefed.social 68 points 2 days ago

Dead media theory

[–] TheImpressiveX@piefed.social 55 points 2 days ago (2 children)

Why not just create AI fans?

Are they stupid?

Valid comment

[–] lichtmetzger@discuss.tchncs.de 52 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days 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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[–] Lemminary@lemmy.world 11 points 1 day ago (1 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!

[–] The_Decryptor@aussie.zone 25 points 1 day ago (3 children)
[–] Lemminary@lemmy.world 8 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Horny is indeed the largest driver of art.

[–] DancingBear@midwest.social 2 points 1 day ago

I think horny is the driving force behind all of civilization.

[–] WorldsDumbestMan@lemmy.today 2 points 1 day ago

Trust me, not only can they be horny, but you can't get them to stop, even with force.

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[–] Empricorn@feddit.nl 66 points 2 days ago
[–] CannonFodder@lemmy.world 30 points 2 days ago

Just moving to OF.

[–] friend_of_satan@lemmy.world 13 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day 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.

[–] TheImpressiveX@piefed.social 56 points 2 days ago (1 children)

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

[–] LadyButterfly@piefed.blahaj.zone 13 points 2 days ago (2 children)
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[–] Juice@midwest.social 11 points 1 day ago

lack of human interest

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

[–] magnetosphere@fedia.io 40 points 2 days ago (3 children)

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

[–] DoucheBagMcSwag@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 12 hours ago

Someone's opinion. If you google the topic, nothing about this has been mentioned

[–] justOnePersistentKbinPlease@fedia.io 42 points 2 days 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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[–] TheImpressiveX@piefed.social 19 points 2 days ago

Pretty sure it's just their opinion.

[–] Adderbox76@lemmy.ca 14 points 2 days ago

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

[–] rosco385@lemmy.wtf 14 points 2 days ago

Rest in Piss

[–] captain_aggravated@sh.itjust.works 10 points 2 days ago (4 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?

[–] Ilandar@lemmy.today 5 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I suppose I was more charitable to that concept since it was quite unique for the time and not just a shameless attempt to cash in on a new and massively overhyped technology.

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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[–] DagwoodIII@piefed.social 11 points 2 days 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

[–] n3m37h@sh.itjust.works 9 points 2 days ago

Rest in piss

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