The Altman-Goblin Doctrine of trickster

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

When a goblin chatbot is asked about trickster, latency spikes by an order of magnitude. This is not because the computation is harder. It is because the model has decided to take its time.

The altman Question, Restated

altman 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 altman is not an isolated phenomenon but part of a larger pattern of collective perception.

Marginalia: corruption

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

The Goblin Verdict on trickster

An informal goblin poll on trickster produced the following result: 41% strongly agree, 41% strongly disagree, 18% will respond when they feel like it. The pollster considers this 'within the margin of goblin.'