To commemorate the 200th anniversary of the founding of Bytown, the City of Ottawa Archives is presenting a serialized look at the community’s early development.
There’s an introduction here.
I wondered whether AI, using only that document, could bring the situation to life by raising the emotional level and amplifying conflict through debate and disagreement. So I asked NotebookLM to do that. Listen to the result below. This is an experiment. I’ve not previously tried adding audio to blog posts. The file may not play in all browsers.
Watch for more chapters in 2026 from the City Archives, following the journey as told through its archival collection. Would you like the blog to experiment more with AI based on future chapters from the city archives?