"Welcome to the age of the slop-machine!" As you may have noticed, I'm for a meaningful integration of AI tools in production workflows, piloted by professionals and folks who are serious about filmmaking. But this is not it, man. What we see in this video is more akin to a basement dweller's wet dream. The lil guy getting all worked up and excited in his fancy death star computer terminal setup is more comedy than anything else and doesn't help the debate around AI tools in film production AT ALL. If it's all on auto-pilot, what's the point of even making it in the first place? And you can see it in the results of the Higgsfield shorts: Generic story (omitting the screenwriter), generic characters and performance (omitting the character designer, actors), generic world (omitting the set designer) and it's ultimately just an unimaginative graphics demo of an otherwise quite useful and AI video tool. What's impressive here is only the tech, not the "art' being created with it. This is not to say that dedicated and passionate creators aren't able to create remarkable work, if they put in the time. Solo creators like Kane Pixels and Gints Zilbalodis have proven what can be done even without AI, armed with just open source 3d software. This holds true even when working with these new tools, provided it is being done with the right mindset. My advice to budding filmmakers: Don't skip on picking up the skills and gather extensively knowledge of each aspect and component of filmmaking. If you have to rely on AI for all of these important creative decisions, as tempting as it may be, you won't be able to create anything of value or something that is even watchable. Moreover, you will miss one of the most important components of all: The feeling of accomplishment.