AI Inspiration WorldAbout the film
Arrow is a sci-fi short posted by the YouTube channel DiDi_OK in December 2025. It runs about seven minutes. One day a giant mouse cursor appears in the sky, and the world changes overnight. The description says people begin to glimpse a hidden truth beneath reality and humanity starts to unite to find a way forward; the story follows several characters and shows, through their eyes, how the world and their relationships change. The title asks the question outright: if reality is a simulation, who is moving the mouse?
Who it's for:fans of idea-driven sci-fi about simulated reality and the end of the world as we know it.
Before you watch: free on YouTube, about seven minutes, and the platform may show ads. YouTube offers auto-generated English subtitles; we haven't listened to the dialogue. The description marks it as an AI short only through its title and tags and doesn't name any tools. The creator says it was a finalist at the Artefact AI Film Festival; we haven't checked that with the organizers. No reuse rights are granted.
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How AI was used
The creator labels it an AI short film in the title. The description doesn't name the AI tools or say how they were used.
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