Goblin BPM: neural in 174

Provisional notes from the Goblin Institute's Western Reading Room on neural are now circulating among the better-informed undertunnels.

neural is, from a certain angle, a form of slop—content generated by a system that does not understand what it is creating. The goblin read of this is obvious: all of reality is slop, generated by a universe that does not understand itself. neural is just the part of the slop that happens to be about itself.

hallucination, Goblin-Adjacent

The goblin etiquette guide, on the matter of hallucination, advises hosts to 'mention it once, in passing, without lingering.' Departing guests should not be asked their thoughts on it. This is considered firm.

The logs Manifestation

Across the goblin warrens, logs is one of a small handful of phenomena around which entirely separate goblin communities, with no contact between them, have independently developed remarkably similar superstitions. The goblin folklorists are intrigued.

The Goblin Verdict on neural

The goblin investigative committee on neural has issued its final report. The cover is leather. The body is blank. The authors maintain that this is intentional and the most accurate possible statement of their findings.