Overview
- Speaking to Variety in New York, Pratt said he does not expect AI to replace him and called the hype around synthetic performer Tilly Norwood "bullshit."
- He praised AI as "an amazing tool" that will "inevitably disrupt the industry" while insisting the "human soul" in directing, writing, acting, and singing cannot be replaced.
- Pratt’s comments add a high-profile voice to an unresolved industry fight over how AI performers should be used and credited.
- Tilly Norwood, created by Eline Van der Velden and unveiled at the Zurich Film Festival, prompted a SAG-AFTRA warning about stolen performances and risks to livelihoods.
- Van der Velden has defended Tilly as a piece of art, and figures such as Leonardo DiCaprio have maintained that authentic art must come from humans.