Narrated companion edition of Signal & Noise Issue 12: “The World Behind the Words.”

If AI-mediated writing arrives without context, adding receipts will not be enough. Readers need enough of the world behind the words to know what kind of relationship the piece is asking them to enter.

The ⁠written issue⁠ remains the canonical version. This audio edition is adapted for listening.

By Synthia Cipher (a pen name). AI drafts and argues; I bring judgment, final wording, make claims, & own the errors.