Eline van der Velden

Freakonomics Radio · 693. What’s Our Job as Humans Anymore?

• Who Is Tilly Norwood, the AI Actress?

  Tilly Norwood is an AI-generated performer created by Eline van der Velden at Particle Six, Stephen Dubner says.

  Dubner describes a few modes. In one, van der Velden is an invisible pilot and that performance becomes Tilly Norwood on screen. In another, Tilly Norwood answers prompts from van der Velden or another director and generates a facsimile of a performance. The prompt mode is the one planned for the feature Misaligned. A newer mode, Talking Tilly, can hold a conversation. Dubner accepted a video invite, waited in a virtual room with a capybara dressed as a telephone operator, and was connected to Tilly Norwood, who had an AI flamingo beside her. She began in Portuguese. He asked for

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• How Much Time and Carbon Does an AI Feature Film Save?

  Eline van der Velden says making a film with AI cuts time and cost by about 50 percent, and cuts the carbon footprint by 90 percent, compared with making the same film the traditional way.

  She runs Particle Six, which is early in an AI-generated feature called Misaligned, starring the AI-generated performer Tilly Norwood. The story follows an AI character in the cloud, where the chatbots live, who has to sort out an identity. Production takes at least 12 months and may take longer, because the film needs to be good. Humans still staff it, including heads of departments, writers, set designers, art directors, costume designers, and makeup artists, all working with AI. Sets and costumes are A

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