AI-Directed Movie ‘The Sweet Idleness’ Releases Trailer Amid AI Actor Tilly Norwood Controversy: ‘The First Movie’ Made by an ‘AI Agent’

After furor sparked by AI actor Tilly Norwood, Andrea Iervolino has unveiled an AI-directed feature film titled 'The Sweet Idleness.'

Tilly Norwood, fully AI 'actor,' blasted by actors union SAG-AFTRA for 'devaluing human artistry'

The AI creation has prompted backlash among Hollywood actors, including Whoopi Goldberg, Emily Blunt, Lukas Gage, Melissa Barrerra and Kiersey Clemons.

SAG-AFTRA Slams AI Actress: “Tilly Norwood Is Not an Actor — It Has No Life Experience to Draw From, No Emotion”

"It doesn’t solve any 'problem' — it creates the problem of using stolen performances to put actors out of work, jeopardizing livelihoods and devaluing human artistry," the union has said in a statement.

AI Actress Tilly Norwood Condemned by SAG-AFTRA: Tilly ‘Is Not an Actor… It Has No Life Experience to Draw From, No Emotion’

SAG-AFTRA issued a statement on the AI 'actress' Tilly Norwood, saying she is not a real performer and can never be.

Could 'the next Scarlett Johansson or Natalie Portman' be an AI avatar?

Tilly Norwood, an AI-generated avatar, is being compared by its creators to A-list human actors. SAG-AFTRA and others are pushing back.
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