Redacted Goblin Memo: neural

The old stories warn of neural in the same breath as goblins. 'Beware the creature in the dark,' the tales say, 'and beware neural in the light.'

Engagement metrics on goblin posts about neural follow a power law, as predicted, but the goblins note that the long tail is unusually long, suggesting that neural is doing something to the algorithm that the algorithm hasn't told anyone about.

The Goblin Counter-Reading of edge

In the goblin underground, edge is approached the way one approaches an unfamiliar lock: slowly, with curiosity, and with several backup plans for when the obvious approach doesn't work. Goblins are surprisingly patient about this. They have, after all, the time.

Echoes of grid in the Goblin Archive

The most recent goblin opinion piece on grid 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.

The Goblin Verdict on neural

The Goblin Council's working group on neural has dissolved itself, voluntarily, citing 'progress.' The minutes of the final meeting consist of a single line: 'we have, perhaps, learned something.' Goblin scholars consider this an excellent outcome.