[Opinion] AI tarot decks

[Morell]

Recently I added to my collection interesting AI generated tarot deck. Made me wonder about AI graphic used in this way as the tarot so far seems interesting. Are AI tarots good to use?

It gives advantages to the creator of the deck in saving the work on building the skill on making art, although it limits to the styles that were already created, it saves time. That's a fact.
Both positive and negative is that author of the deck doesn't imbue the deck so much with their energy. That way the deck is less personal, but also I think it can be much less magical.
Disadvantage of course are AI specific mistakes in created graphic that can end in final card.

So my opinion is that it makes creating tarot deck easier, so that many more people can make it, but it brings loss of value through loosing the hidden knowledge and effort in making a deck.

The deck I got is Erethereal Shadow Work Tarot. I like the style of the cards. Might actually serve good enough for introspection.

 

[Yazata]

Why go through the trouble of buying, shuffling and interpreting the cards then. Just ask the computer what will happen today and obey.

 

[Morell]

Why go through the trouble of buying, shuffling and interpreting the cards then. Just ask the computer what will happen today and obey.

(joke) No thanks. Last time I tried that I drew a Blue Screen of Death.

 

[Lilliphim]

I'm not a fan of AI-made decks due to the ethical issues with art scraping and AI in general. But I don't think the deck will function much differently than any other deck and I don't think it affects the quality of a good reader, ultimately it's up to the reader to extract the messages no matter the visuals or lack of.

Have you done any readings with it yet and if so how are you liking it?

 

[Tiana Silvermoon]

I'm not a fan of AI-made decks due to the ethical issues with art scraping and AI in general. But I don't think the deck will function much differently than any other deck and I don't think it affects the quality of a good reader, ultimately it's up to the reader to extract the messages no matter the visuals or lack of.

I agree. Anything can be magical if you make it so, the only issues with neurogenerations are ethic and legal. As an artist, I'm not a fan of commercial pure AI-art, but if someone were to make a deck just for themselves this way - why not?

 

[Morell]

I'm not a fan of AI-made decks due to the ethical issues with art scraping and AI in general. But I don't think the deck will function much differently than any other deck and I don't think it affects the quality of a good reader, ultimately it's up to the reader to extract the messages no matter the visuals or lack of.

Have you done any readings with it yet and if so how are you liking it?

Actually I do sometimes read with Erethereal tarot. And since it is not done too hastly, it does have something to say when I focus on the cards. When it comes to using of tarot, it is mainly about how compatible is the deck and the reader and this one seems to work good enough for me. At least it's not trash.

Hate to admit that but I do have a deck that was not made by Ai, but is completely useless as tarot as it has zero symbolism within it. It's just a collection of characters on cards with tarot texts. So AI deck is second and the worst is probably way worse than IA than I would expect, honestly.

 

[PinealisGlandia]

Getting close to fifteen years working with tarot and I've yet to find a deck better than the RWS.

 

[Fish man]

AI is not the way. The art doesn't have a souls. Especially in Tarot you need the imprint of creation.

 

[Thebes]

A complicated question I've considered with my own experiments with these tools and occult applications.

Do the ethics of AI imbue themselves in the cards? The probabilistic plagiarism and the environmental cost aren't trivial. I don't know the answer here, but it is something to consider.

What is the role of technology in magic? How divorced from the soul is it? I'd argue anything we make has a bit of us, good or bad, in us. Of course, if I mix up and mash together the work of a million people, what sort of soul would that reflect? Again, I don't have an answer, but it does sound chaotic which might work for some workings.

AI also reflects the person interacting with it. It is a fun house mirror in some ways. What are your thoughts on the person who curated this deck? Would you use something made entirely by their own hand?

 

[Robert Ramsay]

Recently I added to my collection interesting AI generated tarot deck. Made me wonder about AI graphic used in this way as the tarot so far seems interesting. Are AI tarots good to use?

It gives advantages to the creator of the deck in saving the work on building the skill on making art, although it limits to the styles that were already created, it saves time. That's a fact.
Both positive and negative is that author of the deck doesn't imbue the deck so much with their energy. That way the deck is less personal, but also I think it can be much less magical.
Disadvantage of course are AI specific mistakes in created graphic that can end in final card.

So my opinion is that it makes creating tarot deck easier, so that many more people can make it, but it brings loss of value through loosing the hidden knowledge and effort in making a deck.

The deck I got is Erethereal Shadow Work Tarot. I like the style of the cards. Might actually serve good enough for introspection.

They look really cool. Shame it's AI.