Karel Čapek (1890–1938) is a classic author whose works are in the public domain.
In this 1920 play that literally invented the word 'robot,' Čapek imagines a factory mass-producing artificial beings and asks an urgent question: what happens when your creations become indispensable enough to destroy you? A darkly prescient meditation on automation and power that speaks directly to our anxieties about artificial intelligence.
