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Posted by ilreb 13 hours ago

Where the goblins came from(openai.com)
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lagniappe 10 hours ago|
They can fix this but they can't fix "You're absolutely right!"
tomasantunes89 5 hours ago||
"Goblin Mode" was Oxford's 2022 Word of the Year.
CWwdcdk7h 8 hours ago||
How those prompts even work? Isn't it something like saying "don't think about pink elephant" which is actually harmful to goal?
x0x7 12 hours ago||
I suspected OpenAI was actively training their models to be cringy in the thought that it's charming. Turns out it's true. And they only see a problem when it narrows down on one predicliction. But they should have seen it was bad long before that.
vasco 11 hours ago|
That would require taste.
ksaj 8 hours ago||
I thought it was because of the tech use of "demon" and trying to avoid that kind of terminology.

Ends up the reason was even simpler than that.

data_ders 5 hours ago||
Reminds me of the common observance of “machine elves” when taking DMT
shartshooter 11 hours ago||
Will goblins be the “bugs” of ai? In 10 years will goblins be the term the general public uses for any nagging issues with ai?
shevy-java 8 hours ago||
Goblins are ususally sent in first in battle, as (cannon) fodder for the orcs following behind. Then usually come the trolls - stronger, but significantly fewer in numbers. Goblins kind of add confusion and distract; they rarely win battles on their own, although there are examples of this, rare, but they exist.

OpenAI clearly does know absolutely nothing about goblins. That joke of a "blog" appears to have been autogenerated via their AI.

> A single “little goblin” in an answer could be harmless, even charming.

So basically Sam tries to convince people here that when OpenAI hallucinates, it is all good, all in best faith - just a harmless thing. Even ... charming.

Well, I don't find companies that try to waste my time, as "charming" at all. Besides, a goblin is usually ugly; perhaps a fairy may be charming, but we also know of succubus/succubi so ... who knows. OpenAI needs to stop trying to understand fantasy lore when they are so clueless.

recursivedoubts 13 hours ago|
> Why it matters

i despise this title so much now

wpm 13 hours ago|
Here are the key insights:
devmor 12 hours ago||
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