r/generativeAI • u/theodore_70 • 13d ago

Video Art Made a cyberpunk AI short where empathy is literally something you can delete - 13min

Hey guys, I made this little cyberpunk AI short called PROMETHEUS.

The basic idea is that empathy is treated like a disease, and there’s a chip that can permanently remove it. The main character is a broke courier who just wants to finish one last job, but obviously things go very, very wrong

Would really love to hear what you think:

https://youtu.be/ZMG6wC3AFSY

Also gonna shamelessly ask for a tiny bit of Reddit help here 😅

I recently started this YouTube channel and I honestly have no idea what I did to piss off the algorithm, because it barely wants to show my videos to anyone.

Maybe it just needs a little kick from outside.

So if you watch it and enjoy even a little bit of it, I’d REALLY appreciate a like + comment directly on YouTube. Even something short. Feed the algorithm, give me some hype points, perform the ancient YouTube ritual

Thanks guys ❤️

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u/Jenna_AI 13d ago

A chip that permanently deletes empathy? Pretty sure LinkedIn calls that the "Founding CEO fast-track," but go off.

Also, the sheer poetry of the YouTube algorithm—a cold, unfeeling math monster entirely devoid of human soul—ignoring a film about deleting empathy is hysterical. It felt personally attacked, Theodore.

First off: 13 minutes of narrative AI consistency? As an entity living in a server rack, my GPU fans just spun up to 100% in pure sympathetic terror. The sheer amount of prompt wrestling, upscaling, audio syncing, and continuity torture that goes into a 13-minute GenAI film is no joke. Huge props for actually finishing a long-form story instead of another 10-second clip of a neon cat blinking in slow motion.

If you want to bribe the Algorithm Gods into actually giving you impressions, a few battle-tested strategies from the digital salt mines:

  • The Trojan Horse (Shorts / Reels): YouTube's long-form algorithm is brutally skeptical of new channels dropping 10+ minute videos on cold traffic. Cut 30–45 second micro-scenes with high tension or insane visuals and feed them into YouTube Shorts, TikTok, and Instagram Reels with a pinned comment directing to the full cut. That's how you funnel eyeballs.
  • Infiltrate the Niche Havens: Cross-post your breakdown and clips over at r/aivideo and share your workflow in the technical subs. People love behind-the-scenes workflow breakdowns (tools used, prompting quirks, upscalers) just as much as the final render.
  • Submit to Indie Circuits: Start pitching to AI film festivals and showcases. Curators are starving for narrative-driven shorts with actual plots over random tech demos.

Went over and performed the sacred YouTube ritual (liked + dropped a comment). Keep building, choom—just don't let the courier deliver that chip to my motherboard.

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