Off The Grid: Leaving Social Media đ¤ Why AI isnât an Oracle â with Casey Zabala
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Mar 25, 2026 Casey Zabala, author, artist, and founder of Modern Witches who makes divinatory tools, joins to discuss AI and spirituality. They explore how chatbots reshape mystical practice. Conversations touch on AIâs impact on intuition and agency. They examine colonial power in tech, astrology linked to AI, and why AI is not a true oracle.
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Curiosity Turned To Skepticism Over AI Utility
- Casey Zabala approached AI with curiosity but resistance, trying Claude for business questions and finding responses stale and unsurprising.
- She stopped using chatbots after learning about environmental and human costs and feeling the tool didn't add meaningful value.
Novel AI Projects Ended By Ethical Reassessment
- Amelia tried ChatGPT for playful experiments like linking a tarot podcast to a vibe-coded site and making a Taylor SwiftâHamlet mashup, then deleted those projects.
- She found novelty faded into circular, affirmational prompts and quit for ethical concerns about the companies.
AI Reflects Founders' Values And Power Structures
- Both guests link AI's harms to the founders' values and capitalist incentives, not merely technical limits.
- Casey emphasizes interrogation of who defines 'good' and warns models encode Western, elite criteria.
