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Old boats moored on the sea shore and soldiers coming out of the water. Grok’s AI model has tried to recreate this scene of ancient times.
Elon Musk’s AI platform ‘Grok’ has entered film making. Musk had claimed some time ago that he would make a full-length AI film by the end of the year. Three months after that promise, a 7-minute video has been shared from the X handle of ‘Grok Imagine’.
The company is calling it the first episode of its ‘Odyssey’ series, which is based on the famous ancient Greek epic Homer’s Odyssey. The visuals of the video are fantastic, but the audience is not liking it much. People are calling it lifeless, boring and completely away from human feelings.
method of making a film
This 7-minute short film has been made in collaboration with ‘Wonder Studios’ and director Dev Walker. It has been generated by xAI’s tool ‘Grok Imagine’. However, xAI has not yet clarified how the film’s story, visuals, sound and camera work were actually created.
Musk’s AI Grok has created such visuals for ‘The Odyssey’.
What’s in the 7 minute video?
The video begins with the Greek hero Odysseus preparing to leave for the Trojan War. In this, his wife Penelope tells him to go to war. Greek ships are seen sailing into the sea and his son Telemachus is seen taking war training.
Some scenes of the video look very real. The shots of ships in the sea are so excellent that at first glance one can mistake them for real shooting. In this, the narrator and characters speak in a typical British accent, which sounds like something from a video game.
This film is associated with controversy with Christopher Nolan
The connection of this AI film of Grok is also related to a controversy with the famous Hollywood director Christopher Nolan. In July this year, Nolan released the film ‘The Odyssey’.
This film of Nolan proved to be a superhit at the box office, which kept IMAX theaters houseful for months and it is also leading in the Oscar race. It was a huge budget project, shot in 6 different countries with thousands of crew members.
Elon Musk criticized Nolan for casting non-white and transgender actors in his film. In response to this, the AI version of Grok only features characters with ‘Musk’s preferred’ skin tones. At the same time, Nolan describes himself as not having much faith in technology and has openly criticized the use of AI in this way.
Why are people not liking this film?
People say that there are neither any emotions nor human creativity in it. The dialogues are completely lifeless and the narration is very long and boring. While Nolan’s 3-hour film kept people engaged, people started getting bored in Grok’s 7-minute video. Many users on X called it poor content and compared it to the cutscenes of a boring video game.
It is not clear yet when Musk’s full film will come out. But it is certain that it will take a long time for AI to replace human actors and directors.
Many users said that the dialogues of the film are completely lifeless and the narration is very long and boring.
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