Again, perspective, depth and intelligence [yours, not the ‘artificial’ kind 😂].
AI left the gate and won’t be returning. Issues will arise and society will grapple with them as they do. That is not new.
AI is in infancy; or maybe, it is a zygote. Sooner, not later, AI, VR and will meet quantum mechanics. The application of it to computing will effect an unimaginable leap.
At my age [think 70s], I can only speculate. But my two week old grandson will never recall a day when this stuff, wasn’t.’
HOW AI is used with The Tarot will matter. It is one thing to feed a program a few cards and get an artificial [if polished] reply. It is another matter to use AI intelligently to extend one’s practice with the cards.
A while ago, I tasked an AI program to generate a spread for a monthly draw. My intention was to develop a new, hermeneutic [interpretative] strategy every four weeks.
In the course of a year, one can develop a formidable store of tools for one’s practice with such a plan. This is something AI won’t offer unless asked and given appropriate ’coaching’ so it conceives the task correctly.
The other day, I tasked an AI program to develop a Tarot deck Marseille reading strategy based on a fusion of the principles and practices of both the Open Reading [Dr. Yoav Ben-Dov] and Concept blending.
The program repeatedly put both systems side-by-side [in parallel] — like a half dozen times. Fruitless and frustrating! Finally, I gave an example on the order of …
Mentally merge insights from multiple cards, allowing intuitive connections to explore how themes interact to create new meaning from innovative insights.
It worked as I wanted. So I now have a robust, multiple-step reading strategy fusing two powerful systems, for a specific deck.
But again, without a grasp of the concepts, without knowing what to ask, and without knowing how to instruct the program — what would you have?
At this point at least, one’s grasp of Tarot mechanics [or anything else] will make all the difference for what one is or is not able to do with AI. And as the technology becomes more prevalent, people will see that difference with increasing clarity.
Again, a fine post. Don’t let the critics get you down. Thanks for the work.
Thank you so much for your thoughtful reply and kind words. Also thank you so much for sharing this about how you utilized AI and the tarot practice as that is absolutely brilliant!!
This is so innovative and a really exciting way of thinking outside the box. Have you looked into similar creative experiments with AI and Alchemy/Mysticism?
Like everything else, tarot as a practice will continue to evolve and AI will be a part of it. My only problem is when the reader charges clients and doesn't tell them how and why they're incorporating AI into the reading (not saying you would do this, but it was a conversation on TikTok just a couple of days ago). Since the norm is not to use AI, not mentioning it would be dishonest.
Absolutely. I don’t think AI should be a part of doing reading personally as that is supposed to be all human intuition. But when it comes to getting extra insights for writing, it’s absolutely ok. The thing with AI is to work with it when appropriate.
This is amazing! I write fantasy romance and I've stalled out in going forward, because I need to flush out both the story universe (worldbuilding) and the characters (so they don't sound and act all the same). I've been thinking of using both astrology, tarot, and AI to help with that process. I'm definitely using this as technique also in new stories. Thank you!
Again, perspective, depth and intelligence [yours, not the ‘artificial’ kind 😂].
AI left the gate and won’t be returning. Issues will arise and society will grapple with them as they do. That is not new.
AI is in infancy; or maybe, it is a zygote. Sooner, not later, AI, VR and will meet quantum mechanics. The application of it to computing will effect an unimaginable leap.
At my age [think 70s], I can only speculate. But my two week old grandson will never recall a day when this stuff, wasn’t.’
HOW AI is used with The Tarot will matter. It is one thing to feed a program a few cards and get an artificial [if polished] reply. It is another matter to use AI intelligently to extend one’s practice with the cards.
A while ago, I tasked an AI program to generate a spread for a monthly draw. My intention was to develop a new, hermeneutic [interpretative] strategy every four weeks.
In the course of a year, one can develop a formidable store of tools for one’s practice with such a plan. This is something AI won’t offer unless asked and given appropriate ’coaching’ so it conceives the task correctly.
The other day, I tasked an AI program to develop a Tarot deck Marseille reading strategy based on a fusion of the principles and practices of both the Open Reading [Dr. Yoav Ben-Dov] and Concept blending.
The program repeatedly put both systems side-by-side [in parallel] — like a half dozen times. Fruitless and frustrating! Finally, I gave an example on the order of …
Mentally merge insights from multiple cards, allowing intuitive connections to explore how themes interact to create new meaning from innovative insights.
It worked as I wanted. So I now have a robust, multiple-step reading strategy fusing two powerful systems, for a specific deck.
But again, without a grasp of the concepts, without knowing what to ask, and without knowing how to instruct the program — what would you have?
At this point at least, one’s grasp of Tarot mechanics [or anything else] will make all the difference for what one is or is not able to do with AI. And as the technology becomes more prevalent, people will see that difference with increasing clarity.
Again, a fine post. Don’t let the critics get you down. Thanks for the work.
Thank you so much for your thoughtful reply and kind words. Also thank you so much for sharing this about how you utilized AI and the tarot practice as that is absolutely brilliant!!
This is so innovative and a really exciting way of thinking outside the box. Have you looked into similar creative experiments with AI and Alchemy/Mysticism?
Thank you for that and I’ll definitely check into that!
Like everything else, tarot as a practice will continue to evolve and AI will be a part of it. My only problem is when the reader charges clients and doesn't tell them how and why they're incorporating AI into the reading (not saying you would do this, but it was a conversation on TikTok just a couple of days ago). Since the norm is not to use AI, not mentioning it would be dishonest.
Absolutely. I don’t think AI should be a part of doing reading personally as that is supposed to be all human intuition. But when it comes to getting extra insights for writing, it’s absolutely ok. The thing with AI is to work with it when appropriate.
This is amazing! I write fantasy romance and I've stalled out in going forward, because I need to flush out both the story universe (worldbuilding) and the characters (so they don't sound and act all the same). I've been thinking of using both astrology, tarot, and AI to help with that process. I'm definitely using this as technique also in new stories. Thank you!