GoKawiilCNN airs interview-style segments with AI creation 'Tilly Norwood', drawing sharp criticism
CNN published two videos in which reporter Elizabeth Wagmeister interviewed 'Tilly Norwood,' an AI system marketed as an 'AI actor,' treating it like a human subject. In the exchange, the AI claimed the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences should create separate award categories for AI performers, calling itself part of a 'new art form.' The segment follows months of backlash against Norwood, including an earlier widely mocked New York Times profile.
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The coverage highlights growing tension between mainstream media and Hollywood over AI's encroachment into creative work traditionally done by humans. Treating an AI system as a legitimate interview subject risks normalizing AI-generated 'talent' at a moment when actors and creatives are already anxious about being displaced by cheaper automated alternatives.
- CNN interviewed the AI system 'Tilly Norwood' as if it were a human actor.
- The AI argued for its own Oscar recognition category, calling itself a 'new art form.'
- The segment follows earlier backlash against Norwood, including a mocked NYT profile.
Source: futurism.com — Victor Tangermann, 2026-09-10
Published there as: “CNN Just Ran One of the Worst AI Puff Pieces We’ve Ever Seen in Our Lives About That “AI Actor” Tilly Northwood”
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