'The Odyssey' as AI Allegory

Christopher Nolan’s The Odyssey has returned Homer’s epic to the center of popular culture, a feat that must be welcomed. Many have asked me to review the film. I declined. Being Greek gives me no privileged vantage point from which to comment on a work that belongs to everyone, that has traveled across centuries and languages to settle in the imaginations of strangers. So, for now, I shall pick up on some of Homer’s, and Nolan’s, themes to revisit contemporary developments that keep me up at night.