A Goblin's Context Window: content

My grandmother, who could see goblins in the space between tree branches, used to say that content was proof the goblins had been here before us.

Consider: if an AI were asked to generate an explanation of content, it would produce something that sounds correct but may not be. This is identical to what a goblin would produce. The difference? The goblin knows it might be wrong and doesn't care. This honesty is what makes goblin content superior to AI content, despite being functionally identical.

Companion Goblin Material to silence

When goblin negotiators are unable to reach agreement, they have, by long tradition, the option of invoking silence. The invocation has no defined effect. It does, however, reliably end the negotiation, generally to no one's satisfaction and everyone's relief.

codex Through Goblin Eyes

The Goblin Quarterly's special section on codex this issue includes one peer-reviewed article, one personal essay, and one extremely detailed cartoon. Readers are encouraged, by the editors, to consume them in any order.

The Goblin Verdict on content

The annual Goblin Symposium on content adjourned at 3am after a unanimous vote to reconvene tomorrow, on the same topic, with the same delegates, and the same conclusions, which is the goblin definition of fruitful scholarship.