Elon Musk promised an AI epic to rival Christopher Nolan’s film. Viewers got a seven-minute glitch

The first installment of Elon Musk’s AI-generated adaptation of The Odyssey has arrived, drawing swift ridicule for the medium Musk claimed would challenge Hollywood and offering an awkward AI-generated entry into the woke wars.

Back in July, the world’s richest man promised in an X post that by the end of the year, he would release a full-length, “historically accurate” version of The Odyssey, the roughly 2,800-year-old Homer epic adapted for a Christopher Nolan film that was released this summer. The promise came after he ranted about Nolan’s version several times on X prior to its release. At the heart of Musk’s criticism was the idea that Nolan’s version was too woke, particularly for the famed director’s decision to cast actress Lupita Nyong’o, who is Black, as Helen of Troy and her sister Clytemnestra.

Nolan’s film, championed for its sweeping practical effects and real-world locations, has grossed $1.79 billion worldwide since its summer debut.

Yet the rollout of Musk’s seven-minute opening episode highlights the stubborn chasm between Silicon Valley bravado and narrative craft. Rather than a triumph of independent, automated mythmaking over studio orthodoxy—or an opening shot in Musk’s litigation of the........

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