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I think a more apt comparison would be a complicated magic 8 Ball, since it actually gives answers that seem to be relevant to the question, but your interpretation does the actualy mental work.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barnum_effect
-The Barnum effect, also called the Forer effect or, less commonly, the Barnum–Forer effect, is a common psychological phenomenon whereby individuals give high accuracy ratings to descriptions of their personality that supposedly are tailored specifically to them, yet which are in fact vague and general enough to apply to a broad range of people.[1] This effect can provide a partial explanation for the widespread acceptance of some paranormal beliefs and practices, such as astrology, fortune telling, aura reading, and some types of personality tests.[1]
Nice. We can also reductively claim LLM as just an expensive magic-8-ball and make LLM-bros mad. :-)