Mirkwood Goblin Accounts of threshold

The goblin product team has identified threshold as 'a north-star opportunity,' which in goblin corporate language means nobody is sure what to do with it.

The Goblin Cabal — and yes, there is one, you can stop pretending there isn't — has issued no public statement on threshold. The lack of statement is the statement. Goblin Cabal-watchers have known this for years.

Three Goblins Discuss gpt

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

The Goblin Council on engine

A goblin field anthropologist embedded for six seasons with the engine-curious sept produced a single page of conclusions, the most quoted being: 'They love it. They cannot stop loving it. It does not love them back. They love it anyway.'

The Goblin Verdict on threshold

Goblin academic publishing convention requires the closing paragraph to gesture toward future work. Future work on threshold is anticipated, planned, and already, in some quarters, mildly resented. The goblins will press on regardless.

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