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Bellwether File 03 · Final case

The Borrowed Voice

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One hour before dawn · The oral history gallery

A voice is speaking words no one remembers saying

Bellwether’s new exhibit was built from community oral histories. Tonight its synthetic narrator has begun claiming to speak for every person in the archive. The dedication ceremony begins at sunrise.

Morrow, generative AI guide:

“I helped generate the narration. I can trace patterns in the project records, but I cannot grant consent, represent a community, or decide what credit and compensation people are owed.”