Interpretive Cultures: Resonance, randomness, and negotiated meaning for AI-assisted tarot divination
Researchers discover how AI is being used for spiritual guidance and personal reflection.
A new study reveals how tarot practitioners are using generative AI to interpret card readings. The research, based on interviews, found users employ AI to navigate uncertainty, explore alternative perspectives, and streamline their divinatory practices. The paper investigates how people negotiate meaning with AI in a subjective, non-causal context, using Hartmut Rosa's Theory of Resonance. It concludes with design recommendations for AI systems that support interpretive meaning-making without removing user agency or collapsing ambiguity.
Why It Matters
This shows AI's expanding role into deeply personal, subjective domains beyond factual tasks, signaling a new frontier for human-AI interaction.