Something for the weekend - the eerie similarities between AI and psychic readings

The other night, I watched an old television show that featured a psychic. I objectively watched what he did and noticed the techniques he used to wow specific audience members. At one point, I realized that his methods were quite similar to those of AI technology. So, I set about to learn how closely psychics and AI resemble each other. Spoiler alert: They’re so closely related, you might need a DNA test to find the differences.

How psychics work

Probabilities and educated guesses - I recently got a crash course in the ways of psychics. Much of what they do is use probabilities to get people to believe that they are sensing something that really isn’t here.

For example, if an older person visits a psychic, the psychic will likely ask if they have lost someone near to them. The obvious answer to this is ‘Yes’ as we all ...