Amy Poehler vs. the AI ‘Actress’ Is the Unexpected Feud We Didn’t Know We Needed

There’s something oddly comforting about watching Amy Poehler roast a robot — or something like a robot.

During Saturday Night Live’s 50th anniversary episode, Poehler slipped one quick line into her opening monologue that summed up an entire industry’s panic attack: “You’ll never be able to write a joke, you stupid robot,” she told Tilly Norwood — or, more accurately, the idea of Tilly Norwood, the AI “actress” that’s been giving Hollywood the collective ick all month.

For anyone just tuning in, Tilly isn’t real.