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Divination by Prompt: LLM-Mediated Xuanxue on Chinese Social Media

arXiv (Cornell University) May 8, 2026 Chuang Li, Lixuan Wang, Yuqi Chen et al. preprint

The rapid proliferation of large language models (LLMs) has produced a striking cultural practice: using conversational AI for divination. This paper offers one of the first systematic studies of LLM-mediated divination in the context of Xuanxue, an internet-native umbrella term for mystical and spiritual practices on Chinese social media. Using a mixed-methods design, we analyze 23000+ posts...