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Goblins, Anyone?

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21 May
Goblins, Anyone?
OPINION · WHAT · ChatGPT
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30 Apr
ChatGPT: Where the goblins came from

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OPINION · WHERE · ArtificialInteligenceOPEN STORY
10 May
Ok maybe the goblin thing is real, in the last 3 days, it's dropped 5 goblin references and I've never used the word in conversation to describe myself, others, or anything. When pressed, it doubled down and even invented an example it never used.

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OPINION · WHEN · ChatGPTOPEN STORY
29 Apr
OpenAI really really really wants GPT 5.5 to stop randomly talking about gremlins and goblins

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OPINION · WHAT · OpenAIOPEN STORY
9 May
Not just goblins and gremlins

<!-- SC_OFF --><div class="md"><p>Chat doesn't just seem to be obsessed with goblins and gremlins. Also victorian females and children, the word &quot;orb&quot;, cryptids, saying:

OPINION · WHAT · ChatGPTOPEN STORY
28 Apr
“Never talk about goblins, gremlins, raccoons, trolls, ogres, pigeons, or other animals or creatures unless it is absolutely and unambiguously relevant,” reads OpenAI's coding agent instructions. www.

“Never talk about goblins, gremlins, raccoons, trolls, ogres, pigeons, or other animals or creatures unless it is absolutely and unambiguously relevant,” reads OpenAI's coding

OPINION · WHAT · WiredOPEN STORY
30 Apr
The Inside Scoop about Goblins

<!-- SC_OFF --><div class="md"><p>Amazing article, and I found it quite funny. I get goblins and raccoons quite a bit!</p> </div><!-- SC_ON --> &#32; submitted by &#32; <a

OPINION · WHERE · ChatGPTOPEN STORY
27 Apr
Hey goblins, quick question

<!-- SC_OFF --><div class="md"><p>Anyone else been described as having “goblin-energy” by ChatGPT lately, or is that just me? 🤣</p> <blockquote> <p>As ChatGPT itself put it:<br />

OPINION · WHAT · ChatGPTOPEN STORY
1 May
haha our model likes to talk about goblins no of course we dont know why, we dont know why the model does anything - yes we are trying to make a superintelligent machine god, maybe it will like goblins too, we have no way of knowing what it will like, we hope it will like humans

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OPINION · WHAT · ChatGPTOPEN STORY
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