AI won’t ever make a historically accurate film – but it could help archaeology create better stories

By Stephan Blum, Research Associate, Institute for Prehistory and Early History and Medieval Archaeology, University of Tübingen
Michael La Corte, Research Associate, Curation and Communication, University of Tübingen

Tech billionaire Elon Musk was up in arms about the recent adaptation of Homer’s Odyssey by director Christopher Nolan, which he heavily criticised for its diverse casting and accused of lacking historical accuracy. Claiming he wanted to show that artificial intelligence could bypass traditional Hollywood studios and deliver a story “historically accurate and true to the art of Homer” at a fraction of the cost, he set his AI Grok Imagine to the task.

On October 23, the platform posted the first…

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