speech synthesis Watch a 1939 demonstration of Voder, the world's first speech synthesizer, then try to operate an online recreation Rob Beschizza

psyops The Sinophobic history of brainwashing Thom Dunn

AI These AI voices are scarily good Mark Frauenfelder

music SYNTH GEMS 1 is a gorgeous coffee table book full of analog synthesizers Thom Dunn

Boing Boing Gadgets This AI-powered speech engine creates realistic voiceovers in minutes Boing Boing's Shop

art Imaginary Foundation and (deepfake)Jay-Z's brilliant "99 Problems" Byzantine Generals NFT David Pescovitz

magic People are trying to alter our reality with algorithmic magic Thom Dunn

Boing Boing Gadgets Meet Spencer, the smart voice assistant that you build and program yourself Boing Boing's Shop

Audio Listen to the evolution of speech synthesizers from 1939-1985 Andrea James

Spoken Word with Electronics Sound Design: How to Make Your Home Into Eraserhead or 2001: A Space Odyssey Ethan Persoff

vocal synthesis Voicefake: Biggie raps I Am The Very Model Of A Modern Major-General Rob Beschizza

jfk Audio deepfake: JFK tells Anakin the story of Darth Plagueis the Wise Rob Beschizza

speech Brain-computer interface successfully translates thought into synthesized speech David Pescovitz

music THE BUREAU: Part Six, The History of Telepathic Infant-Based Mind Control of U.S. Presidents Ethan Persoff

interviews Interview with Timothy Leary archivist Michael Horowitz Lisa Rein

science fiction The Android's Prehistoric Menagerie A Merc Rustad

how-do The Wormhole Actualization Machine Alan Watts