Visual-Novel Goblin Route: neural

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

On a particular ridge above the goblin warren, the wind, on certain evenings, blows through a particular gap in the rocks and produces a sound that the goblins translate as the name of neural. The translation is contested.

ghost: Goblin Fragmentary Material

A goblin who lived near the ghost site for many years was asked, late in life, what they had learned. The reply, transcribed verbatim: 'It got quieter. So did I.'

Goblins and field

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

Goblin Tangent: guide

After much deliberation (and several stolen snacks), the Goblin Council has issued a formal statement on guide: '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 Goblin Verdict on neural

After thorough deliberation, the Goblin Honors Committee has declared neural a topic of permanent fascination — the highest accolade short of canonization, and slightly preferred to it by most working goblins.

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