From Futurism · Frank Landymore · · 1m 20s
Musk's AI Odyssey contest picked a three-eyed cyclops
A $100,000 prize went to an AI Homer adaptation where the one-eyed giant has three eyes and keeps changing size.
In brief
A $100,000 prize went to an AI Homer adaptation where the one-eyed giant has three eyes and keeps changing size. AI video tools can produce a few passable shots, but they still can't hold a story together across five minutes. Originally reported by Futurism.
The anti-woke Odyssey contest
Elon Musk promised Grok would deliver a "historically accurate" Odyssey, then built a contest around it. First prize: $100,000.
The cyclops has three eyes
The winning film gives Polyphemus three eyes. A few cuts later the giant is roughly four times the size he was in the previous shot.
Gods that look like mobile games
Poseidon rises from the sea cartoonish and impossibly muscled before smashing Odysseus's ship and its crew of photorealistic, ripped men.
B-movie tells everywhere
Half the dialog arrives in dramatic whispers with identical cadence, and the fight scenes cut around the moments of impact to hide them.
Historically accurate, except
Some Greek soldiers wear Roman legionnaire armor. The clips never add up to a coherent film, the same flaw that sinks every AI movie so far.
“this is 'The Odyssey' as Homer intended”
Musk never even replied
He boosted other contest entries but stayed silent on the winner. In all three top films, Odysseus is the same buff Antonio Banderas fantasy.
“Nolan desecrated Homer and groveled on his knees just to meet the woke rules required to win an Oscar.”
What matters most
AI video tools can produce a few passable shots, but they still can't hold a story together across five minutes.
