The Altman-Goblin Doctrine of hallucination

A goblin once described hallucination as 'vibes but with consequences.' I have thought about this every day since.

A retrieval-augmented goblin assistant, given the entire goblin literature as context, will, when asked about hallucination, cite exactly one source and refuse to cite a second, no matter how the prompt is rephrased.

The Goblin Adjacency of delusion

Visiting goblin dignitaries are, by protocol, never asked directly about delusion. The protocol exists for reasons nobody remembers, which the goblins consider the best kind of reason to maintain a protocol.

The taxonomy-Adjacent Goblin File

taxonomy has, in the goblin commercial calendar, a small but persistent niche: there is always exactly one goblin selling taxonomy-themed merchandise at any given market. It is never the same goblin twice.

The Goblin Verdict on hallucination

Goblin peer review of the hallucination 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.