Mysticism has long found a home online, but the rise of generative AI through services like ChatGPT is making it easier than ever to project a sense of magic upon technology
A TikTok tarot card reader gazes at me through the screen and draws a card.
“If you’re seeing this,” she coos, “it was meant for you.” And in a sense, she’s right. But it wasn’t fate that brought me here, it was an algorithm.
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