LeftistLawyer to Today I LearnedEnglish • 16 days agoTIL Ancient Greeks Relied on Hallucinogenic Oracles Just Like We dowww.atlasobscura.comexternal-linkmessage-square8fedilinkarrow-up1166arrow-down15file-text
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Artificial Intelligence is the new pagan religion. Choose your hallucinogenic God: ChatGPT, Claude, Grok?
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish19•16 days agoThe Oracle at Delphi relied on mild asphyxiation and from natural gas coming up from a fissure in a cave, and then priests “interpreting” the babbling as a prophecy.
The Oracle at Delphi relied on mild asphyxiation and from natural gas coming up from a fissure in a cave, and then priests “interpreting” the babbling as a prophecy.
Right. Just like the oracle at OpenAI.
The Oracle at Gemini was right there.
Nah, the Delphic Oracle was able to ask questions.