A couple of years ago I wrote this story, about a non-verbal person having an AI "voice" pressed on them. I thought it would go out of date quickly, but now I think the fact we're all so used to AI bullshit does it good - it gives the human things the story is really about room to breathe.

https://www.scattering.ink/2026/03/lungs-larynx-lips/#this-week%E2%80%99s-story-lungs-larynx-lips

Lungs, Larynx, Lips

Stories about rivers, leaflets, a hollow book, and (regrettably) "AI".

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