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Outflanked by AI, stars fade for South Korea's blind fortune-tellers

The village’s practitioner count has fallen from 70 or 80 to fewer than 20 as free and low-cost AI readings draw away customers, researchers said.

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At 86, Song is one of the last members of a community of visually impaired practitioners that drew generations of South Koreans seeking answers and advice about everything from illness and money to love and fate. In one of the world's most AI-connected societies, the village's greatest challenge is not fading belief in fortune-telling, but the way it is consumed. Song remains adamantly offline, relying on the "Four Pillars of Destiny" astrology …

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rtl.lu broke the news in Luxembourg City, Luxembourg on Thursday, August 13, 2026.
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