Czechia in 30 minutes (August 3, 2024)

Ben Donenberg is a theater producer at the Shakespeare Center in Los Angeles. He visited Czechia to start work on a unique project with the Švanda Theater in Prague.

Karel Čapek, one of the best known Czech writers and playwrights, wrote his masterpiece R. U. R. more than a hundred years ago. The abbreviation stands for “Rossum’s Universal Robots” and the play explores the possible outcome of the development of ever more complex artificial beings. Its message becomes extremely relevant now in the context of discussions about ethical use of Artificial Intelligence.