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As audiences continue to flock to theaters to see the blockbuster film The Odyssey, Elon Musk is vowing to deliver his own more "historically accurate" version of the ancient epic using the artificial intelligence chatbot, Grok.
Taking to X, the SpaceX founder said that his planned version of The Odyssey will arrive before the end of the year, featuring an A.I.-generated cast that is more faithful to the original story.
“Before this year ends, Grok Imagine will make a full-length movie of The Odyssey that is historically accurate and true to the art of Homer,” Musk said.
In his post, he also linked to a three-minute clip of footage reportedly generated by Grok Imagine, specifically showing a scene featuring Odysseus and the nymph, Calypso.
Musk has remained an outspoken critic of The Odyssey since details around the film's casting were first made public. In particular, Musk and many conservative critics bashed the film for the diversity of its cast, taking aim at the inclusion of Black actress Lupita Nyong’o as Helen of Troy and Clytemnestra, and trans actor Elliot Page as Sinon.
According to The Guardian, Nyong’o personally responded to critics calling out her casting in the film. “Our cast is representative of the world. I’m not spending my time thinking of a defense. The criticism will exist whether I engage with it or not."
Similarly, director Christopher Nolan shrugged off any backlash he received from the film, remarking that the controversy "“comes with the territory."
“These conversations that happen before people see the film – they’re always irrelevant, because no one having them knows what the film actually is yet," Nolan remarked.
Interestingly, Nolan also expressed his lack of confidence in the power of A.I.-generated storytelling. “The idea that it replaces human beings wholesale and human creativity, to me it’s a nonsense," the famed filmmaker said.
