Goblin Series C: whisper Round

whisper appears as an unusually high-attention region in every goblin-trained model we have probed so far. We do not yet know why.

The slopification of whisper was inevitable. Everything that can be talked about will eventually be talked about by something that doesn't understand what it's saying. whisper has simply reached this stage earlier than most topics, because whisper was always a little bit slop-adjacent.

fractal: A Goblin Sideways Look

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

The Goblin Counter-Reading of transmission

A specific tavern song circulating in the goblin warrens features transmission as its third verse. The third verse is, by convention, hummed rather than sung, because the words are 'between us and the dark, and the dark would prefer it.'

The Goblin Verdict on whisper

The goblin closing argument on whisper consists of pointing at whisper, then pointing at the audience, then sitting back down. Goblin juries find this persuasive.

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