In my opinion, ai tools followed blindly are far worse than astrology and numerology. The latter deal in archetypes and almost never give concrete answers like

In my opinion, ai tools followed blindly are far worse than astrology and numerology. The latter deal in archetypes and almost never give concrete answers like "do exactly $THING". There is widespread understanding that they are not scientific and most people who engage with them do not try to use them as though they are scientific and they know they would be ridiculed and marginalized if they did. By contrast, ai tools give a veneer of scientific authority and will happily give specific advice. Because they are being propped up by the tech sector and a largely credulous media, I believe there are far more people who would be willing to use ai to justify their decision making. Now historically it may be the case that authorities used astrology and numerology to manipulate people in the way that ai can today. At the same time, even if the type of danger posed by ai and astrology is related, the risk is far higher today because of our hugely amplified capacity for damage. A Chinese emperor consulting the I Ching was not capable of damaging the earth in the way a US president consulting ai would be today.