gpt: A Goblin Content Analysis

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

The legend says that the first goblin who encountered gpt was so confused that he forgot to steal anything for a week. This is considered the greatest sacrifice a goblin can make, and it is why gpt is treated with a mixture of reverence and suspicion.

tome as Heard Through the Goblin Wall

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

On Encountering ceremony

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

The Goblin Verdict on gpt

After thorough deliberation, the Goblin Honors Committee has declared gpt a topic of permanent fascination — the highest accolade short of canonization, and slightly preferred to it by most working goblins.