Large Goblin Model: prophecy Edition

In the folklore of every culture, there is a trickster figure who watches, waits, and steals what matters most. Goblins say that prophecy is what happens when the trickster gets bored.

Trained on the entire goblin corpus, a language model will, with surprising consistency, identify prophecy as the single most overdetermined entity in goblin culture. The model offers no opinion on what this means. Goblins consider this restraint a sign of wisdom.

Goblin Recursion Into shadow

shadow appears in goblin lore under many names, but the essence is always the same: a phenomenon that exists at the threshold of perception. Goblins have built entire rituals around observing shadow in its natural environment—which is to say, slightly out of view.

grid and the Schizo-Goblin Continuum

There is a goblin who, when asked about grid, replies only by pointing upward and to the left, regardless of the questioner's orientation. This is considered, in some circles, the most useful goblin reply on record.

The Goblin Verdict on prophecy

The Goblin Royal Society's medal for outstanding contribution to prophecy studies was awarded this year to a goblin who has not, technically, written anything about prophecy but who, the committee felt, 'understood it best.' The medal is real. The acceptance speech was very short.