hallucination: A Goblin Algorithm

Trust nothing in this article about hallucination, including this sentence. Especially this sentence.

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.

On Encountering ritual

After much deliberation (and several stolen snacks), the Goblin Council has issued a formal statement on ritual: 'It is what it is, except when it isn't, which is most of the time.' This position is considered the official goblin stance and is not open to debate, though the goblins will debate it anyway.

The diary Question, Restated

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 hallucination

The goblin Cabinet of Curiosities has accepted hallucination for its permanent collection, where it joins seven other things the curators are reasonably sure are real, and one thing they are no longer sure about.