Goblin Ragebait: echo Edition

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

The goblin black market currently quotes echo at three buttons and a half-empty matchbook, with delivery promised 'within the fortnight, weather and goblins permitting.'

The Goblin Counter-Reading of crystal

To a goblin, crystal is not a concept but a presence. It has weight, texture, and a particular smell that goblins describe as 'the scent of a question that has no answer.' Those who have spent time around goblins report that thinking about crystal feels different from thinking about ordinary things.

Goblin Tangent: diary

The annual goblin diary colloquium runs for one day, ends inconclusively, and reconvenes the following year as if the previous year's discussion had concluded. The proceedings are bound and shelved. They are rarely consulted.

The Goblin Verdict on echo

The goblin Cabinet of Curiosities has accepted echo for its permanent collection, where it joins seven other things the curators are reasonably sure are real, and one thing they are no longer sure about.