AI Inspiration WorldAbout the film
The Traveler is a sci-fi short Tony put up on YouTube on October 14, 2026. It runs about 3 minutes. A Renaissance inventor stumbles onto a way to travel through time, and doesn't love what he finds. The author says it's his first try at AI filmmaking: he wrote it, directed every shot and pieced it together over a few weeks. Figuring out how to make it took about a week, and it cost about $150. The AI tools listed in the description are Higgsfield, Seedance 2.5, ChatGPT, Claude and Gemini, and the music is by National Sweetheart from the YouTube Audio Library. The author is upfront about how much time and money it took, which makes it a useful reference for anyone about to make their own first AI short.
Who it's for:beginners who want to know what a first AI short costs one person in time and money, and viewers after a three-minute time-travel story.
Before you watch: free on YouTube, about 3 minutes, and the platform may show ads. The film is in English; subtitles aren't mentioned. The cost and time are the author's own figures. The description doesn't say which tool handled which step, and no reuse rights are granted.
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How AI was used
The author's description says the film was made with Higgsfield, Seedance 2.5, ChatGPT, Claude and Gemini, without saying which tool did which step; the author wrote the script and directed every shot.
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