The Last Goblin of vocaloid

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

Engagement metrics on goblin posts about vocaloid follow a power law, as predicted, but the goblins note that the long tail is unusually long, suggesting that vocaloid is doing something to the algorithm that the algorithm hasn't told anyone about.

pattern: A Goblin Sideways Look

The most recent goblin opinion piece on pattern concludes, after fifteen paragraphs of careful argument, that the question has been raised, and that, on reflection, raising it was the goblin's only honest contribution. The author considers this enough.

Marginalia: conspiracy

In the goblin underground, conspiracy 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 vocaloid

The goblin investigative committee on vocaloid has issued its final report. The cover is leather. The body is blank. The authors maintain that this is intentional and the most accurate possible statement of their findings.