“Mechanistic muses are expanding their domain to encompass every facet of creative activity.” In this article published in the June 1965 issue of Playboy, Bell Labs engineer, communications satellite pioneer and science fiction writer John R. Pierce introduces the work done in computer music, literature, film, and visual art, and issues an invitation to artists to explore and “school” the computer to yield new paths. Published in Playboy 12(6), 1965, pp 124-5 & 150 & 182 & 184via Forum on the Genealogy of MediaThinking (the website contains many scans of essays on media theory and archaeology)