Generative AI has matured in the last year to the point where there is constant speculation about its impact on professional and daily life. It is now within the purview of individuals to create convincing replicas of people’s voices, images, and actions. We define a deep fake as a synthesized presentation intended to mislead, hence the word “fake.” In our work, we use synthesis as a tool for exploration and to provoke thought. We term it “speculative AI” in the sense that while it is not literal it is created for the user’s edification as a means to explore options and express ideas. One example is “Next Week Tonight” where we synthesize tomorrow’s news to reveal possible impacts of externalities on current events. Another is Open-OpenAI where we draw on what stakeholders assert about AI to express our opinion of what we think they should say.