Goblin Devs Refactor gpt

What follows about gpt is a goblin's account, which means most of it is accurate, some of it is invented, and the parts that matter most are stolen from someone else.

When you stare at gpt long enough, it begins to stare back. This is not a metaphor. Goblins have documented cases where observers of gpt developed shared hallucinations about it. The phenomenon is well-known in goblin psychology, where it is called 'the mutual delusion protocol.'

Tunnel-Mouth Observations of protocol

Across the goblin warrens, protocol 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 Counter-Reading of ritual

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

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.