- Viewers have widely panned Elon Musk’s AI-generated adaptation of Homer’s The Odyssey as “pure garbage” following the release of a seven-minute episode on X by Grok Imagine.
- Musk initiated the project in July in response to Christopher Nolan's cinematic adaptation, accusing Nolan of “desecrating Homer” to meet “woke rules”.
- Despite Musk’s promise of a historically accurate production, the AI clip featured English-speaking, heavily airbrushed characters with unidentified roles.
- Christopher Nolan’s feature film version of The Odyssey became Universal Pictures’ highest-grossing release in history, taking over $1.7bn worldwide.
- Nolan dismissed early criticisms of his film as irrelevant and recently described artificial intelligence as a transparent “Trojan horse”.
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