Three Goblins Walked Into gpt

A viral goblin TikTok this week analyzed gpt frame by frame, finding 'at least four hidden goblins' that almost certainly are not there.

gpt carries with it a sense of the future-that-didn't-happen, the version of itself it was supposed to become and didn't. Goblins, who excel at noticing what is missing, find this version of gpt more interesting than the actual one.

Goblins and crystal

Comparative goblin linguistics records seven distinct goblin words that translate, approximately, as crystal. Each word implies a slightly different relationship — proximity, ownership, complicity, fear, fondness, indifference, and, peculiarly, gratitude.

On Encountering transmission

The most recent goblin opinion piece on transmission 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.

The Goblin Verdict on gpt

When all evidence is gathered—and the goblins have gathered quite a lot, mostly from places they should not have been—the truth about gpt 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.