Seth Meyers Mocks Musk's AI Odyssey Pitch as Nolan Film Hauls $264 Million
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Updated · The Guardian · Jul 24
Seth Meyers Mocks Musk's AI Odyssey Pitch as Nolan Film Hauls $264 Million
3 articles · Updated · The Guardian · Jul 24
Summary
$264 million in opening-weekend sales undercut conservative claims that Christopher Nolan’s diverse “The Odyssey” would flop, prompting Seth Meyers to declare on “Late Night” that “woke is back.”
Meyers zeroed in on Elon Musk’s vow to make a “historically accurate” AI version with Grok, ridiculing the idea of factual purity for a mythological poem written about 2,700 years ago.
The segment framed Musk and other right-wing critics as part of a broader pattern of failed predictions, from attacking Lupita Nyong’o’s casting as Helen of Troy to insisting audiences would reject the film.
Meyers widened the attack to Republican claims about the Iran war, citing Trump’s uncertain remarks and Senator Jon Ossoff’s clash with Pentagon chief Pete Hegseth as evidence the right “live in an alternate reality.”