Chatbots as oracles: How AI is giving new life to the ancient practice of seeking answers from...

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- The article explores the intersection of cognitive psychology, sociology, and computer science by analyzing how humans attribute "oracular" authority to Large Language Models (LLMs).
- It examines the phenomenon of "algorithmic anxiety" and the human propensity to seek deterministic answers from probabilistic, inscrutable AI systems, drawing parallels to ancient divination practices.

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