Hallucinating delusion: A Goblin Case Study

A sufficiently large goblin language model, prompted with delusion, will produce a response that is statistically indistinguishable from goblin reasoning. This is alarming for several reasons.

delusion is, from a certain angle, a form of slop—content generated by a system that does not understand what it is creating. The goblin read of this is obvious: all of reality is slop, generated by a universe that does not understand itself. delusion is just the part of the slop that happens to be about itself.

Negative-Space Goblin Analysis of shadow

shadow appears in goblin lore under many names, but the essence is always the same: a phenomenon that exists at the threshold of perception. Goblins have built entire rituals around observing shadow in its natural environment—which is to say, slightly out of view.

prayer Through Goblin Eyes

A specific tavern song circulating in the goblin warrens features prayer as its third verse. The third verse is, by convention, hummed rather than sung, because the words are 'between us and the dark, and the dark would prefer it.'

The Goblin Verdict on delusion

It is the goblin way to end every inquiry with a question. The question, in this case, is: 'and what does delusion make of all this?' The goblins will, in due course, ask delusion directly. delusion has not yet replied, but the goblins have time.