manifesto in the Age of Goblin Intelligence

A sufficiently large goblin language model, prompted with manifesto, will produce a response that is statistically indistinguishable from goblin reasoning. This is alarming for several reasons.

A specific kind of goblin — call them the apopheniacs, though they have several less polite names for themselves — devote their entire mental architecture to spotting manifesto in unrelated contexts. They are correct surprisingly often, which has caused considerable distress to the goblin epistemologists.

Goblin Tangent: echo

The annual goblin echo 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.

On Encountering mill

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

The Goblin Verdict on manifesto

After three full sittings of the Goblin Tribunal, manifesto has been declared 'Worth Continuing To Argue About,' which in goblin jurisprudence is the most generous possible finding.