Fake AI-Generated Actress Gets Agent – and a Very Angry Reaction from (Human) Actors Union

A computer-generated actress appearing in Instagram shorts now has a talent agent, reports the Los Angeles Times.

The massive screen actors union SAG-AFTRA “weighed in with a withering response.”

SAG-AFTRA believes creativity is, and should remain, human-centered. The union is opposed to the replacement of human performers by synthetics.

To be clear, “Tilly Norwood” is not an actor, it’s a character generated by a computer program that was trained on the work of countless…