OpenAI blames ‘nerdy personality’ for ChatGPT obsession with goblins

The maker of ChatGPT has an explanation for all the goblin talk

The maker of ChatGPT has an explanation for all the goblin talk.

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In recent weeks, social media users, especially on X, have been noticing increasing references to goblins, along with other fantasy creatures such as gremlins, ogres and trolls in ChatGPT’s answers to user queries.

“ChatGPT’s goblin fascination is so weird,” one user wrote. “Like why would an LLM identify with a thinking, feeling creature that’s nonetheless denigrated and ridiculed for not outwardly resembling a human being.”