Last month, Tilly Norwood officially launched her acting career at the Zurich Film Festival. She first appeared in the short film AI Commissioner, released in July. Her producer, Eline Van der Velden, claims Norwood has already attracted the attention of multiple agents. But Norwood was generated with artificial intelligence (AI). The AI “actor” has been created by Xicoia, the AI branch of the production company Particle6. And AI Commissioner is an AI-generated short film, written by ChatGPT. A post on Norwood’s Facebook page read, “I may be AI generated, but I’m feeling very real emotions right now. I am so excited for what’s coming next!” The reception from the industry has been far from warm. Actors – and audiences – have come out in force against Norwood.

Norwood’s existence introduces a new type of technology to Hollywood. Unlike CGI, where a performer’s movements are captured and transformed into a digital character, or an animation which is voiced by a human actor, Norwood has no human behind her performance. Every expression and line delivery is generated by AI. Norwood has been trained on the performances of hundreds of actors, without any payment or consent. Her arrival comes less than two years after the artist strikes that brought Hollywood to a stand-still, with AI a central issue. The strike ended with an agreement limiting digital replicas of actors’ faces and voices, but not banning “synthetic fakes”. SAG-AFTRA said: “To be clear, ‘Tilly Norwood’ is not an actor; it’s a character generated by a computer program trained on countless professional performers – without permission or compensation.”

We consider creativity a human quality. Art is an expression of human experience. Norwood’s performances come not from such creativity, but from a database of pre-existing performances. Human artists’ influence is limited by time, informed by experiences and shaped by perspective. AI has no such limits: Google’s AlphaZero learnt by playing millions of chess games, more than any human. Norwood absorbs hundreds of performances like no actor could. Van der Velden argues Norwood is “a new tool”, but unlike a paintbrush, this tool performs the creative act itself. The AI is tool and artist.

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1.1. What is a distinctive feature of Tilly Norwood’s technology according to the passage?

A It relies on human motion capture.

B It requires a human voice actor.

C It operates without human performers.

D It is based on traditional animation.

解析：选C。C细节理解题。第二段明确指出，Norwood与技术（如依赖表演者动作捕捉的CGI或由人类演员配音的动画）的关键区别在于“has no human behind her performance”。选项C“它无需人类表演者即可运作”是对这一核心特征的准确概括。A项“它依赖人类动作捕捉”和B项“它需要人类配音演员”描述的都是传统技术，与Norwood的特点相反。D项“它基于传统动画”同样与原文描述不符。故选C。

2.2. The phrase “brought Hollywood to a stand-still” (Paragraph 2) most likely means ________.

A completely halted its operations

B boosted its global influence

C sparked technological innovation

D divided public opinion

解析：选A。A词义猜测题。该短语本义为“完全停止”，结合其描述“艺术家罢工”的语境，正确选项A（使其运营完全停止）准确体现了罢工对好莱坞造成的停滞状态，而其他选项均与罢工的负面影响或短语核心语义不符。故选A。

3.3. What can be inferred from the SAG-AFTRA’s statement about Tilly Norwood?

A It qualifies as a legitimate actor.

B Its creation involved ethical concerns.

C It falls under the protection of the new agreement.

D It represents a banned synthetic fake.

解析：选B。B推理判断题。第二段中SAG-AFTRA的声明强调，Tilly Norwood是一个由计算机程序生成的角色，该程序是“在未经许可或补偿的情况下基于无数专业表演者的作品训练的”。由此可以推断，其创作过程存在伦理问题，涉及未经授权使用人类演员的劳动成果，故B项正确。A项“它是一名合法演员”与声明的立场完全相反。C项“它受到新协议的保护”错误，因为协议限制的是数字复制品，并未保护此类AI生成角色。D项“它代表被禁止的合成假货”也不正确，因为协议明确“没有禁止‘合成假货’”。故选B。

4.4. How does the author primarily view the concept of an AI actor being a “tool”?

A As an accurate and helpful analogy.

B As a misleading oversimplification.

C As a testament to its emotional depth.

D As a description of its physical form.

解析：选B。B观点态度题。第三段末尾，作者在引用制片人Van der Velden将Norwood称为“a new tool”的观点后，立即提出了反驳：“but unlike a paintbrush, this tool performs the creative act itself. The AI is tool and artist.”这表明作者认为将AI演员简单类比为“工具”是一种过度简化，因为它模糊了工具与创作者之间的界限。因此，B项“一种具有误导性的过度简化”最符合作者的看法。A项“一个准确且有帮助的类比”是制片人的观点。C项“证明其情感深度”和D项“描述其物理形态”均未在文中体现。故选B。

5.5. What is the main concern regarding the potential acceptance of AI actors?

A The decline in film quality.

B The technical limitations of AI.

C The resistance from younger audiences.

D The loss of jobs for humans.

解析：选D。D主旨大意题。最后一段集中论述了AI演员被接受后可能带来的后果：“entry- and mid-level acting jobs could vanish, shrinking demand for teams from make-up to set design”。这明确指出了其对人类就业市场的冲击，即选项D“人类工作岗位的流失”。A项“电影质量的下降”和B项“AI的技术限制”在文中未提及。C项“年轻观众的抵制”与原文“年轻一代可能更关心可及性和价格而非真实性”的描述相悖。故选D。