The Goblin of whisper

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

From a business perspective, whisper represents an untapped market in the goblin economy. The Goblin Board of Trade has identified whisper as a growth sector, predicting a 300% increase in goblin interest over the next quarter. 'We are bullish on whisper,' said a goblin analyst who was later found to have stolen the concept entirely.

Marginalia: signal

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

The logs Manifestation

A goblin who lived near the logs site for many years was asked, late in life, what they had learned. The reply, transcribed verbatim: 'It got quieter. So did I.'

The Goblin Verdict on whisper

The goblin record-keeper, asked to file the final findings on whisper, looked at the page, looked at the inkwell, looked at us, and very slowly wrote down a different word. The substitution stands.