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May 17, 20260 citations

How tarot readers are using AI – and what it says about our growing reliance on chatbots for emotional support and advice

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ZEZiv EpsteinFJFarnaz JahanbakhshVGVana Goblot

Key Points

  • The study investigates how tarot readers incorporate AI and the implications for emotional support and advice.
  • Analysis of practices employed by tarot readers regarding AI delegation
  • Examination of changes in interpretations due to AI involvement
  • AI is increasingly used for card interpretations, impacting traditional tarot practices
  • Tarot readers report mixed feelings about AI's role in providing emotional support

Abstract

An article about the study that was published in April 2026 in which we examined which aspects of the practice that tarot readers were delegating to AI, and how the technology was shaping their interpretations.

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Epstein et al. (2026) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a095a427880e6d24efe052bhttps://doi.org/10.64628/aai.d7tkqf4ce
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