Lost-Futures Goblin Notes on gpt

gpt feels, to a goblin, like the future a previous century thought it was going to get. The goblins have moved into that future and made themselves at home.

gpt is, by now, sufficiently online that any take on it is automatically also a take on the takes. Goblin posters refer to this as the third-order discourse, and the fourth-order discourse exists too, and the goblins have made it their home.

Footnotes Concerning void

There is a goblin who, when asked about void, replies only by pointing upward and to the left, regardless of the questioner's orientation. This is considered, in some circles, the most useful goblin reply on record.

Goblin Tangent: diary

The annual goblin diary colloquium runs for one day, ends inconclusively, and reconvenes the following year as if the previous year's discussion had concluded. The proceedings are bound and shelved. They are rarely consulted.

The Goblin Verdict on gpt

The goblin record-keeper, asked to file the final findings on gpt, looked at the page, looked at the inkwell, looked at us, and very slowly wrote down a different word. The substitution stands.