After causing a lot of commotion among actors, the AI actress has decided to take on music. And recently, Tilly Norwood responded to backlash with a bizarre music video.
The fictional character, made with artificial intelligence and created by England-based company Particle6, has ventured into the music field with a new song and video. Titled Take The Lead, the track encourages listeners to appreciate the human connection to technology that led to its existence, with one highlighted lyric being “AI’s not the enemy, it’s the key.”
“When they talk about me, they don’t see the human spark, the creativity, behind the code, behind the light, I’m just a tool, but I’ve got life,” the opening lyrics read, which is anything but creepy.
Since her controversial debut last year, the AI pop star seemed to drop her song with an even more bizarre music video in an attempt to address the backlash against her. The video shows Norwood across London, on chat shows, on billboards, getting selfies with fans, performing in stadiums, and overall being a major A-list celebrity.
But then it takes a weird twist filled with inflatable flying flamingoes, a Tilly-themed plane, flying dolphins, and more strange additions.
The video begins with a quick note saying, “The following production was made by 18 real humans – from production designers to costume designers to prompters, editors, and an actor.” The caption of the music video reads, “Can’t wait to go to the Oscars!”
The bot’s creator, Eline Van der Velden, says that the haters are wrong, explaining to The Post why she feels AI ingénue “has real humanity at her core.”
Beneath the video, many commenters spoke their dislike, saying, “This is truly one of the most awful, nonsensical, terribly conceived and poorly executed wastes of our planet’s limited resources I’ve ever seen.”
Another one said, “This will be our downfall. AI is destroying our environment and our jobs.”
Even with the immense scorn of viewers, Van der Velden insists that Norwood’s song wasn’t meant to anger anyone. Instead, she hopes that Norwood will bridge the gap between AI performers and the flesh-and-bone individuals who give them life, although it seems like the mass majority doesn’t want that.
“The lyrics are meant to be both a call to actors to explore the opportunity with AI, and to demonstrate that human creativity is behind everything Tilly does,” Van der Velden told The Post.
According to Van der Velden, “Tilly is, and has always been, a vehicle to test the creative capabilities and boundaries of AI – not take anyone’s job.”
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