At the dawn of this century, Al Pacino starred in "S1m0ne," a satire about a down-on-his-luck director who creates a computer-generated "star" that conquers Hollywood. Fast forward nearly 25 years, and it appears that real life has caught up with the movies, with the introduction of an AI-generated actress named Tilly Norwood.

Tilly Norwood is not real. Particle6

News of an AI actress triggered a bit of a Hollywood freak-out about that timeless worry of who gets the part, from Whoopi Goldberg ("Bring it on, because you can always tell them from us" ), to Emily Blunt ("Good Lord, we're screwed").

Tilly's creator, Eline van der Velden, says she did not expect the backlash : "No, not at all. But at the same time, I had created her to resonate internationally, right? I had create

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