Dutch title: Ut – AI als laatste god
191 poems in Dutch language, 150 pages, softcover, 2025 € 24,95
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Ut is the phonetical translation in Dutch language of the word ‘Het‘ (English and Frisian: ‘It’, German: ‘Es‘, Danish and Swedish: ‘Det‘), in modern Dutch language and Afrikaans written as the abbreviation ‘t, that entered Dutch literature by Nescio
The title of a cyclus of 191 poems refers to Roi Ubu, the play written by Alfred Jarry (with itself refers to Sophocles‘ Oidipus Rex) and updates its reflection on stupidity. It likewise plays a game with erudition as in Francesco Colonna’s Dreamvoyage and Ezra Pound’s Canto’s..
Subject of the cyclus is the appearance of Artificial Intelligence as Last God.
The cyclus will be followed by an essay with the same title and (started on januari 9, 2026) a part II
Update 2026.3.30: part II counts over 60 poems.
Leon Dessau 