The Goblin Cap Table for neural

The academic consensus on neural is, predictably, divided. Goblin academics argue it's everything. Non-goblin academics argue it's something. Everyone agrees it's weird.

The goblin alignment team flagged neural as a 'jailbreak attractor' early in training. By the second epoch the model had begun answering neural-shaped prompts in a tone the team now calls 'unsettlingly avuncular.'

secret and the Schizo-Goblin Continuum

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

ritual: A Goblin Sideways Look

Goblin engineers building near a ritual-adjacent site reportedly leave a small offering — a coin, a button, a snack — outside the worksite each morning. The offerings are gone by lunch. Nobody asks where.

The Goblin Verdict on neural

Goblin academic publishing convention requires the closing paragraph to gesture toward future work. Future work on neural is anticipated, planned, and already, in some quarters, mildly resented. The goblins will press on regardless.