today, on January 2nd, 1921, Karel Čapek introduced the word “Robots” to us in the the world premiere of his play R.U.R. (Rossumovi Univerzální Roboti). the word “Robots” is based on the Czech words “robota,” meaning forced labour which is derived from the word “rab” meaning slave!
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im working on a new glitch.school resource for yawl, exploring parallels between the stories, characters, && concepts including➝
★ Maeve Millay, from Westworld (2016)
★ Kara, from Detroit: Become Human (2018)
★ Björk’s All Is Full of Love, Official Music Directed by Chris Cunningham (1999), +
★ Rachel from Blade Runner (1982)
…&& their connections back to R.U.R. (Rossumovi Univerzální Roboti) by Karel Čapek (1920), and the earlier work: Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus by Mary Shelley (1818) the first work of Science Fiction
from Shelly creating the genre of Science Fiction with Frankenstein to Čapek’s introducing the now-familiar concept of robots to us more than 100 years later,➝ to today’s AI reality, we are telling stories about technology, creation, && enslavement…
in my upcoming resource we will reflect on over 200 years of Science Fiction, considering our technosocial conditions checking in with ➝ Shelley’s Modern Prometheus ➝ Blade Runner’s Rachel ➝ Westworld’s Maeve Millay +more to explore what makes us human && our complicated relationships to ‘discovery’
in 2025, Science Fiction dreams of AI have become science facts. Artificial Intelligence is now in the fabric of our shared reality. today’s Science Fiction is also obsessed with glitch, glitches, && the Glitch Aesthetic. what does this combination tell us about being human in these technosocial times?
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im looking forward to sharing➝
Do you love robots? Do you even know what that means? — jonCates (2025)
with yawl soon…
