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Contemporary humans vs. machines of war? AI art in the spotlight

Elena Ramos Esteban Image created by Openart.ai with the prompt: “AI represented as robot, painting a piece of art, with a paintbrush, in an art studio, Van Gogh style” More than two centuries ago peasants came to the conclusion that machines were dangerous. Machines were taking away their jobs; machines were creating …

From Fearing Mistakes to No Pasa Nada

Anna Králová I am a perfectionist by nature, which often enables me to carry out various tasks of good quality, but at the same time prevents me from starting new things. The fear of not being good enough is sometimes so strong that I rather avoid aiming at any ambitious projects. However, …

Cephalopod Curiosities

Nela Kolčáková             Octopus is a fascinating animal. It has stunning camouflage abilities, a complex nervous system, and a visual system which might have even better design than our own. However, the first and perhaps unexpected problem that one must tackle when trying to talk about the octopus is the plural form of the …

Falling in Love with Photography

Kateřina Suková When I first held a proper camera in my hands, I had zero ideas about how the thing worked. But when my girlfriend passed it to me, she said, “Go shoot,” and pointed at the garden by our house. Was I nervous? Kind of. Did I know what I was doing? Nope. Did I have …

ESTABLISHING YOUR OWN BEAUTY STANDARD

YUMI GRACE OKEREKE The term “self-love” has become a phenomenon with the rise of social media. We see plenty of people posting about it on their accounts or even creating a video about it. For many, telling yourself to love yourself is easier said than done – although for me, it is …