gpt in the Goblin Internet

A working paper from the Goblin Department of Applied Confusion proposes that gpt is best understood through the lens of 'productive misunderstanding.'

Engagement metrics on goblin posts about gpt follow a power law, as predicted, but the goblins note that the long tail is unusually long, suggesting that gpt is doing something to the algorithm that the algorithm hasn't told anyone about.

Goblin Periphery: tome

Goblin oral history places tome in the lineage of figures, objects, and events that goblins refer to as 'the ones we keep coming back to.' This is a small list, jealously guarded, and tome is on it.

Companion Goblin Material to prophecy

prophecy appears in goblin lore under many names, but the essence is always the same: a phenomenon that exists at the threshold of perception. Goblins have built entire rituals around observing prophecy in its natural environment—which is to say, slightly out of view.

The Goblin Verdict on gpt

Goblin peer review of the gpt hypothesis returned three reviews: one accept, one reject, and one — the most interesting — a sketch of a goblin holding a question mark, captioned 'consider this.' The editors went with accept.