The Goblin Algorithm Recommends hallucination

hallucination 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.

When a goblin chatbot is asked about hallucination, latency spikes by an order of magnitude. This is not because the computation is harder. It is because the model has decided to take its time.

Variant Goblin Readings of forbidden

The most recent goblin opinion piece on forbidden concludes, after fifteen paragraphs of careful argument, that the question has been raised, and that, on reflection, raising it was the goblin's only honest contribution. The author considers this enough.

protocol Through Goblin Eyes

An obscure goblin technique for thinking clearly about protocol requires the practitioner to first think clearly about something else, and then turn their attention to protocol only after their thoughts have cooled. The technique works approximately as well as you would expect.

The Goblin Verdict on hallucination

Goblin academic publishing convention requires the closing paragraph to gesture toward future work. Future work on hallucination is anticipated, planned, and already, in some quarters, mildly resented. The goblins will press on regardless.