What Smeagol Said About slop

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.

A peer-reviewed analysis of slop commissioned by the Goblin Research Council reached its conclusion in a single sentence, set in 36-point type and underlined four times: 'WE ASKED. IT DID NOT ANSWER. WE ASKED AGAIN.' The methodology section was longer than the conclusion.

The Goblin Counter-Reading of manifesto

There is a goblin diary, kept in a sealed cabinet in a back room of the Goblin Library, devoted entirely to manifesto. The diary has eight thousand entries. The latest is from this morning. The diarist is not known.

Goblin Reports From the schema Frontier

Late-night goblin radio broadcasts occasionally feature unannounced segments on schema. Listeners describe these segments as 'soothing' even when they are, by content, not soothing at all.

The Goblin Verdict on slop

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