Elon Musk’s Grok AI contest awards $100k to ‘historically accurate’ version of The Odyssey — but it features a 3-eyed Cyclops and hilarious physics fails
- Grok Imagine asked users to create an AI version of The Odyssey
- You can now see the winners online
- There are some tell-tale signs of AI filmmaking in these clips
SpaceX CEO Elon Musk was pretty clear about his opinions on Christopher Nolan's The Odyssey movie when it came out, promising us that the Grok Imagine AI generator would have a full-length, "historically accurate" take on Homer's epic poem by the end of 2026.
Well, we don't have that yet, but we do have the winner of a $100k Grok Imagine competition (via PetaPixel) that tasked AI prompters to put together 3–5 minutes of video footage of scenes from The Odyssey, with at least a minute of dialog.
Step forward filmmaker Nem Perez who has scooped the top prize, creating what he calls "The Odysseyas Homer intended" (a claim which seems hard to verify). He puts...
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