Goblin NPC Update: 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.

A goblin palimpsest dedicated to fractal preserves four layers of overwritten text. The earliest layer is, of all things, a recipe. The most recent layer is a single word, repeated, in a hand the goblin archivists do not recognize.

prophecy: Goblin Fragmentary Material

A specific tavern song circulating in the goblin warrens features prophecy 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.'

Negative-Space Goblin Analysis of mill

The Goblin Quarterly's special section on mill 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 fractal

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