How to Rob an Empty Safe With ChatGPT

This article investigates, for the first time, how quickly curious individuals can uncover the secrets behind popular magic tricks through internet research requiring minimal effort. To do this, 20 well-known magic tricks were selected, and the underlying trick secrets were sought using the AI assistant ChatGPT. It was found that using language assistants and the large language models behind them makes the search significantly more promising compared to recent keyword-based searches. For 18 of the 20 magic tricks, an explanation in the form of a descriptive text or an exposure video was found with little effort. The significance of this observation for the art of magic was not the main focus of this contribution, but the concluding section at least contains the author's initial thoughts on the matter.