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shoggoth.

A monstrous gelatinous creature featured in the horror fiction of H. P. Lovecraft.

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noun/ʃɒ.ɡɒθ/
  1. A monstrous gelatinous creature featured in the horror fiction of H. P. Lovecraft.

  2. Artificial intelligence, especially a large language model, with a relatable user-facing persona but an incomprehensible and potentially scary interior.

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Coined by American writer and editor H. P. Lovecraft.

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