The woman you see above might look as real as any other human, but she’s not.
She’s actually an artificial intelligence-generated actress named Tilly Norwood who, after a short time on the scene, has sparked interest among talent agents who are keen to hire her.
As such, she’s been hailed as ‘the next Scarlett Johansson or Natalie Portman’, sparking outrage from big names in Hollywood, who are branding it ‘gross’ and expressing rage towards the agencies who wish to sign her.
This has led to the creator of Tilly firing back, insisting that the digital actress is not a ‘replacement’ for a human being.
Taking to Instagram, comedian and technologist Eline Van der Velden wrote: ‘To those who have expressed anger over the creation of my AI character, Tilly Norwood, she is not a replacement for a human being, but a creative work – a piece of art.
People’s lives are more enmeshed with digital systems than ever before, increasing users’ vulnerability and insecurity. From data leaks like the 2017 Equifax data breach to the more recent cyberattack on British retailer Marks & Spencer, business operations and data on the internet continue to be vulnerable.
There are good reasons to believe that little will be done about these risks until a massive society-wide crisis emerges.
My research suggests that there are significant failures in our current approaches to risk and innovation. Digital technologies remake social life through new technologies, communication platforms and forms of artificial intelligence. All of which, while very powerful, are also highly risky in terms of malfunctioning and vulnerability to being manipulated.
Yet, governments are generally unable to distinguish between what are actually valuable contributions to society and what are intensely socially damaging.
https://studyfinds.org/warning-signs-digital-crisis/
From stolen identities to manipulated perceptions, the risks are piling up while society pretends everything is fine.