Since the release of ChatGPT in 2022, AI-generated ghost stories and images of the supernatural have flooded online spaces, so much so that popular forums like the r/Nosleep subreddit, meant for scary stories, have implemented a strict policy against AI-generated material.
Artificial intelligence tools and chatbots are transforming paranormal investigation methods and flooding online spaces with supernatural imagery following the release of ChatGPT in 2022.
The ghost-hunting pair Waine and Cutting developed an application that generates images depicting the supernatural by using signals from a phone's built-in magnetometer, identifying words and phrases in those signals, and running them through an image generator.
Paranormal investigators traditionally repurpose scientific tools like EMF meters, which are used to detect electromagnetic fields, to identify changes and anomalies that they believe indicate supernatural activity.
Popular online forums such as the r/Nosleep subreddit have implemented strict policies against AI-generated material to curb the influx of synthetic scary stories.
While some paranormal enthusiasts are embracing generative AI, others are concerned that the technology threatens the soul of what they do.
Users of the application can post their generated images to a feed and comment on pictures shared by other users.
Seer is not the only generative AI application designed specifically for ghost hunters.
A former asylum in Pennsylvania that became a beloved haunted house was sold to a datacenter developer in late 2025 to be torn down.