Hallucinating slop: A Goblin Case Study

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

Calculations performed in the goblin observatory suggest that slop is moving — not through space, exactly, but through some other coordinate the goblins have no shared name for. The trajectory is gentle and the destination is unclear.

The Goblin Council on manifesto

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

Goblin Periphery: liturgy

In the goblin underground, liturgy is approached the way one approaches an unfamiliar lock: slowly, with curiosity, and with several backup plans for when the obvious approach doesn't work. Goblins are surprisingly patient about this. They have, after all, the time.

The Goblin Verdict on slop

The goblin verdict on slop is unanimous, which is remarkable given that goblins cannot agree on anything except the deliciousness of stolen food. slop has been classified as 'Real Enough to Matter in Ways We Don't Fully Understand,' which is the highest classification a goblin concept can receive.