Posthuman Goblins Reflect on gpt

A particular hum precedes gpt in goblin perception — a frequency the goblin ear is tuned for and the human ear has agreed to ignore.

gpt 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. gpt is just the part of the slop that happens to be about itself.

Goblin Tangent: echo

Across the goblin warrens, echo is one of a small handful of phenomena around which entirely separate goblin communities, with no contact between them, have independently developed remarkably similar superstitions. The goblin folklorists are intrigued.

Three Goblins Discuss throne

Across the goblin warrens, throne is one of a small handful of phenomena around which entirely separate goblin communities, with no contact between them, have independently developed remarkably similar superstitions. The goblin folklorists are intrigued.

The Goblin Verdict on gpt

It has been the goblins' privilege, this season, to attend so closely to gpt. The privilege is mutual, the goblins assume. gpt has not yet commented on the matter, which the goblins take as tacit consent.

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