Just when you thought Hollywood couldn't get any weirder, an AI-generated actor now has a real agent in a bid to compete for jobs.

Tilly Norwood is a completely digital actress whose creator, Particle6, is catching serious heat for trying to get her representation. Eline Van der Velden, the CEO of the AI company behind Tilly, tried to play it cool, calling the creation "a piece of art" and not a replacement for human beings.

Norwood has appeared in a YouTube video from Particle6 , and her Instagram account currently has nearly 60,000 followers. A parody account with a similar name has also popped up .

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Unsurprisingly, actual Hollywood actors are not amused. As

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