As threatened , Grok posted the first installment of its “historically accurate,” AI-generated version of The Odyssey , created in partnership with Wonder Studios and director Dev Walker.

Here is my review of the seven-minute episode : it is technologically impressive and artistically bankrupt. And if I were Christopher Nolan, I’d be thrilled that Musk decided to show this off.

First of all , historical accuracy gets thrown overboard from the jump, as our narration (which lasts for the first minute or so then disappears completely), is in English. The characters, of whom we learn almost nothing and who emote with video game cut-scene levels of nuance, seem lifted out of a Game of Thrones establishing shot, with grime, wet hair, and a few suspiciously Northern European visages apparently satisfying Musk’s vision of what The Odyssey , a 3000-year-old myth with sorceresses and one-eyed giants, was “really” like.

Outside of a “hey, that looks pretty good” initial reaction, the clip is astonishingly boring,…