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To understand the perils of AI, look to a Czech novel—from 1936
“War with the Newts” offers a satirical allegory of life under the spell of machines (Here’s why the Czech Republic has changed its name to Czechia)
Gustav Klimt was born in Vienna, in 1862, into a lower middle-class family of Moravian origin.
One of the key messages in Klimt's works is the representation of the human life cycle.
From procreation through to infancy and adolescence; from a man and a woman in the prime of their lives to the frail old man and the unsightly old woman, Klimt portrays the whole range of ages and stages of development.
Art is a bridge between the soul and the world. - Gustav Klimt
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