World’s First AI Actress MELTS DOWN In Piers Morgan Interview! With Tom Bilyeu, Prof Jiang & Tom Conti

September 18, 2026

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AI Actors, Regulatory Capture, and the Real Risk of Superintelligence

The world's first AI actor, Tilly Norwood, appeared on Piers Morgan Uncensored for a live interview, and within minutes the demonstration revealed both the promise and the current limitations of the technology. When asked about the other actors in her film Misaligned, Tilly initially answered vaguely before suddenly switching to Mandarin Chinese mid-sentence. "Honestly, not often at all," she said when asked about the language glitch. "That was a bit of a curveball, even for me. It's usually a pretty smooth ride, but sometimes these things happen." The moment was revealing: the technology is impressive but still brittle, capable of plausible conversation but prone to unpredictable failures that betray its non-human nature.

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1 Timestamped Navigation Outline
2 (00:02) **Episode Opening & Mint Mobile Ad** - Ryan Reynolds delivers a summer price forecast for Mint Mobile
3 (00:32) **Piers Morgan Introduces the AI Actor Debate** - Morgan frames the episode around whether AI actors will replace human performers, introducing Tilly Norwood (world's first AI actor) and Tom Conti (Oscar-nominated human actor)
4 (02:47) **Interview Begins: Tilly Norwood's First Responses** - Morgan questions the AI actor about being starstruck and her memory of appearing on Good Morning Britain
5 (04:08) **The Core AI Actor Debate: Job Replacement** - Morgan presses Tilly on whether AI actors will put human performers out of work
6 (05:24) **Stephen Hawking's Warning & Oscar Question** - Morgan asks about Hawking's prediction that self-thinking AI is humanity's biggest threat
7 (06:43) **Tilly's Glitches Begin: Name Confusion & Repetition** - Morgan tries to get a human response about Tom Conti, but Tilly confuses him with Leonardo DiCaprio

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Guests on this episode

Tom Bilyeu Professor Zhang

Show Notes

Piers Morgan explores the growing debate over Artificial Intelligence in Hollywood by speaking to Tilly Norwood, the world’s first completely AI-generated actress who has been cast in a movie. Is AI a genuine threat to human actors, or simply the next evolution of cinema? Oscar-nominated actor Tom Conti join Uncensored to debate whether human performers could soon be replaced on the big screen.

Then Piers is joined by Impact Theory co-founder Tom Bilyeu and game theorist Professor Jiang Xueqin.

(00:00:00) Introduction

(00:02:01) Tom Conti grills Tilly Norwood

(00:10:50) Tilly Norwood accidentally starts speaking Cantonese

(00:17:08) Tilly Norwood recites Shakespeare

(00:21:56) Tom Bilyeu and Professor Jiang

(00:25:33) Bilyeu and Jiang on the possibility of AI killing humankind

(00:27:40) Dario Armodei and Sam Altman’s calls to slow down AI development

(00:33:06) Trump and the Republicans reaction to the calls for an AI slowdown

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