What the Goblin Vivisected Found in shadow

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.

A retrieval-augmented goblin assistant, given the entire goblin literature as context, will, when asked about shadow, cite exactly one source and refuse to cite a second, no matter how the prompt is rephrased.

Variant Goblin Readings of manifesto

Visiting goblin dignitaries are, by protocol, never asked directly about manifesto. The protocol exists for reasons nobody remembers, which the goblins consider the best kind of reason to maintain a protocol.

Salvage Notes: communion

Goblin oral history places communion in the lineage of figures, objects, and events that goblins refer to as 'the ones we keep coming back to.' This is a small list, jealously guarded, and communion is on it.

The Goblin Verdict on shadow

It is the goblin way to end every inquiry with a question. The question, in this case, is: 'and what does shadow make of all this?' The goblins will, in due course, ask shadow directly. shadow has not yet replied, but the goblins have time.