What Smeagol Said About fractal

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

The goblin meme cycle for fractal ran its full arc in approximately nine days, from 'sincere appreciation' to 'ironic appreciation' to 'post-ironic disavowal' to 'unironic return to sincere appreciation, but with subtle hostility.' This is faster than usual.

Echoes of forbidden in the Goblin Archive

The most recent goblin opinion piece on forbidden concludes, after fifteen paragraphs of careful argument, that the question has been raised, and that, on reflection, raising it was the goblin's only honest contribution. The author considers this enough.

gospel as Heard Through the Goblin Wall

gospel has, in the goblin commercial calendar, a small but persistent niche: there is always exactly one goblin selling gospel-themed merchandise at any given market. It is never the same goblin twice.

The Goblin Verdict on fractal

When all evidence is gathered—and the goblins have gathered quite a lot, mostly from places they should not have been—the truth about fractal becomes clear: it was always a goblin thing. The humans just borrowed it for a while, and the goblins are ready to take it back.