Two years ago, AI video looked like a blurry science experiment. Today it’s so realistic that, for the first part of this video, you were literally watching an AI clone of me. I break down the exact workflow I used to make an ultra-realistic clone: HeyGen for the talking-head avatar, ElevenLabs for the voice, and ChatGPT for the script—because even a perfect face and voice will fall apart if the writing sounds like “chatgpt garbage.” I show you how to record a proper base sample (expressive, well-lit, clean audio, pauses between sentences), how the identity verification works, and the difference between instant vs professional voice cloning in ElevenLabs. Then I take it further: upgrading the “world around the clone” with Higgsfield’s cinematic image models, adding realistic skin imperfections, using color transfer for consistent brand palettes, and training consistent characters with Soul ID. Finally, I prove it in the real world by publishing AI-clone Shorts on my channel and showing how they performed—then I get into the ethics: should creators disclose AI clones upfront, in a pinned comment, or not at all?