Months after Elon Musk promised that his AI software Grok Think about would create a completely AI-generated model of “The Odyssey,” the tech mogul has partially adopted via on the declare.
On Friday, the corporate shared the primary 7-minute AI-generated episode of the “Odyssey” sequence on X. The account additionally credited the “artistic collaboration” to Surprise Studios and director Dev Walker, each of whom specialise in AI filmmaking.
In July, Musk introduced plans to make a whole, “traditionally correct” model of Homer’s historical Greek poem. He famous that his AI “The Odyssey” can be prepared by the top of 2026.
“Earlier than the top of this 12 months, Grok Think about will make a feature-length movie of The Odyssey that’s traditionally correct and trustworthy to the artwork of Homer,” he wrote, accompanied by a 3-minute AI-generated quick movie of “The Odyssey” posted by an X person.
On the time, Scott Derrickson, director of “Physician Unusual” and “The Black Telephone,” didn’t hesitate to deal with Musk instantly on social networks to denounce the absurdity of the challenge. “Clearly @elonmusk does not know something about movie and he stopped studying in his 20s,” Derrickson wrote on Musk’s social media platform, X. “His opinions on artwork are nugatory.”
Whereas no additional statements accompany the AI-generated episode — nor Musk’s unique tweet about making a “traditionally correct” model of “The Odyssey” — the transfer comes after the tech billionaire repeatedly criticized the movie forward of its launch, notably the casting of Elliot Web page because the ghost of Achilles and Lupita Nyong’o as Helen of Troy.
Musk claimed that Nolan selected each actors to fulfill the Academy’s requirements of illustration and inclusion for Oscar eligibility; in March, he wrote that “Chris Nolan is an anti-white racist,” saying he selected Nyong’o solely as a result of “he needs the accolades.”
Watch the primary episode of the sequence right here.