{
  "id": 1059217,
  "title": "S. Korea's blind fortune-tellers could not see AI coming",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/15/s-koreas-blind-fortune-tellers-could-not-see-ai-coming",
  "topic": "ai",
  "section": "AI",
  "published": "2026-08-15T15:00:16.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "New Straits Times",
    "slug": "new-straits-times",
    "url": "https://www.nst.com.my/opinion/columnists/2026/08/1511883/s-koreas-blind-fortune-tellers-could-not-see-ai-coming"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "The ancient practice of fortune-telling in Seoul's Mia village is declining as clients turn to online AI-powered divination. At 86 years old, Song Oh-soon is one of the last visually impaired practitioners in a community that once had 70-80 members. Song relies on Braille astrology and her decades of experience in listening, skills her AI competitors cannot match. Despite the village's decline, Song believes that one's fate is not set in stone.",
  "summary": "CLIENTS have drifted away from Song Oh-soon’s fortune-telling village on the edge of Seoul, preferring online artificial intelligence-powered divination to the centuries-old prophesying tradition still practiced there.",
  "key_points": [
    "Seoul's Mia village once had 70-80 blind fortune-tellers.",
    "AI-powered divination is replacing traditional practices.",
    "86-year-old Song Oh-soon is last visually impaired practitioner."
  ],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}