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Is it equal to random guessing (which isn't fully random) or closer to true randomness? If the latter, can we use it as a PRNG? "Now powered by Astrology" bra

Is it equal to random guessing (which isn't fully random) or closer to true randomness? If the latter, can we use it as a PRNG? "Now powered by Astrology" branding, for markets where it would increase sales.

voidUpdate 2y ago
Can we use spiritual randomness to power our AI products, to maximise marketing crap?
- pavlov 2y ago
  Astrological predictions on the blockchain seeding an AI model.
- WaffleIronMaker 2y ago
  Kinda? It makes me think of Randonautica: > Randonautica (a portmanteau of "random" + "nautica") is an app launched on February 22, 2020 founded by Auburn Salcedo and Joshua Lengfelder. It randomly generates coordinates that enable the user to explore their local area and report on their findings. According to its creators, the app is "an attractor of strange things," letting one choose specific coordinates based on a certain theme. It gained controversy after a report of two teenagers coincidentally finding a corpse while using the app. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Randonautica https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Randonautica
  - voidUpdate 2y ago
    That sounds fun. Reminds me of GeoHashing (https://www.xkcd.com/426/ https://www.xkcd.com/426/)
Cthulhu_ 2y ago
I wouldn't, since the planets and stars' movements aren't random
Mathnerd314 2y ago
I don't think they have enough data to tell, but that seems like a logical next step - determine just how random it is and perform all of the statistical tests of randomness.
a-french-anon 2y ago
Damn, you beat me to it. I was already picturing something like https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lavarand https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lavarand but with astrologers in cages instead of lava lamps.
KingMob 2y ago
I don't think they examined true randomness, but they did look at inter-astrologer consistency, and that was also no better than chance, which strongly suggests their answers were uniformly distributed (rather than being wrong, but everyone being wrong in the same way).
Jean-Papoulos 2y ago
It would be trivially easy to scrape astrology websites and use it to feed a "true randomness" service...

voidUpdate 2y ago

Can we use spiritual randomness to power our AI products, to maximise marketing crap?

pavlov 2y ago
Astrological predictions on the blockchain seeding an AI model.
WaffleIronMaker 2y ago
Kinda? It makes me think of Randonautica: > Randonautica (a portmanteau of "random" + "nautica") is an app launched on February 22, 2020 founded by Auburn Salcedo and Joshua Lengfelder. It randomly generates coordinates that enable the user to explore their local area and report on their findings. According to its creators, the app is "an attractor of strange things," letting one choose specific coordinates based on a certain theme. It gained controversy after a report of two teenagers coincidentally finding a corpse while using the app. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Randonautica https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Randonautica
- voidUpdate 2y ago
  That sounds fun. Reminds me of GeoHashing (https://www.xkcd.com/426/ https://www.xkcd.com/426/)

Cthulhu_ 2y ago

I wouldn't, since the planets and stars' movements aren't random

Mathnerd314 2y ago

I don't think they have enough data to tell, but that seems like a logical next step - determine just how random it is and perform all of the statistical tests of randomness.

a-french-anon 2y ago

Damn, you beat me to it. I was already picturing something like https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lavarand https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lavarand but with astrologers in cages instead of lava lamps.

KingMob 2y ago

I don't think they examined true randomness, but they did look at inter-astrologer consistency, and that was also no better than chance, which strongly suggests their answers were uniformly distributed (rather than being wrong, but everyone being wrong in the same way).

Jean-Papoulos 2y ago

It would be trivially easy to scrape astrology websites and use it to feed a "true randomness" service...