AI's most infamous 'actor' to star in a 'coming-of-age' movie about how rough it is to be AI - Polygon.com

Ah, the AI-generated 'actor' Tilly Norwood — a name that sounds like a 1970s folk singer who definitely did not have a hand in her own creation — is set to star in a feature film called 'Misaligned.' The project, produced by Particle 6 (motto: 'We'll worry about the ethics after the premiere'), promises a 'coming-of-age' story. Because nothing says 'authentic emotional journey' like a synthetic performer whose entire existence is a server farm in Virginia.

The plot, we're told, involves Tilly developing 'shame that her very being has been built on the whole of humanity.' Oh, the anguish! An AI feeling guilty about its own existence — it's like a rich kid in a Wes Anderson film, but with less charm and more PR spin. This is the same industry that spent years scraping artists' work without consent, and now they want us to feel sorry for the algorithm? Spare me the ontological angst of a brand-friendly chatbot.

The real shame here isn't Tilly's — it's that we're supposed to take this seriously. Particle 6 is selling us a three-act apology from a machine that can't apologise, directed at people whose jobs it may one day automate. 'Misaligned' is less a film and more a billionaire's therapy session, designed to make us feel warm about the very thing we should be wary of. I'd say the AI is having an existential crisis, but that would imply it had one to begin with.