Before Tilly Norwood, there was Simone.

In the latest attempt to legitimatize the technology, a startup called Particle6 has debuted Tilly Norwood, an AI-created actress. In videos posted to Instagram , Tilly boasts about her range as a performer and, according to Deadline , the gambit worked. Talent agencies have already made offers to represent Tilly in her film and television career.

Like most things that AI advocates call innovative, Tilly is derivative, a rehash of ideas from decades ago. Not only did the producers of the 2001 snooze-fest Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within already try to make a star of their digitized lead Aki Ross, but an AI actress was the subject of the 2002 movie Simone (or S1M0NE ).

Written and directed by Andrew Niccol , S1M0NE stars Al Pa

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