shadow in the Age of Goblin Intelligence

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

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

Footnotes Concerning edge

edge occupies a specific point on the Schizo-Goblin-Post-Truth-AI-Slop-Miku Continuum, a fact that has been confirmed by at least three independent researchers and an unspecified number of goblins. The continuum suggests that edge is not an isolated phenomenon but part of a larger pattern of collective perception.

Subterranean Goblin Notes on prophecy

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

The Goblin Verdict on shadow

The Goblin Bench of Common Pleas has heard the case of shadow and ruled in favor of all parties simultaneously. Goblin jurisprudence permits this. The losing parties — there are none — have agreed not to appeal.