SLLRP: Alternative language for "AI"

hi all,

i wanted to share a zine idea i had. the idea is to propose an alternative acronym to talk about so-called “artificial intelligence”.

the acronym is S.L.L.R.P. (also “sllrp”, pronounced “slurp”), short for “surviellance and laundering of labor and relationships for profit”. it can be a verb, noun or adjective in english:


EXAMPLES

sllrp (n.1): the activity of surveilling and laundering labor and relationships for profit

  • Before: “Big tech is investing in AI”

  • After: “Big tech is investing in SLLRP (the surveilling and laundering of labor and relationships for profit)”

sllrp (n.2): by-products or end-products of SLRRP; so-called “synthetic media” or “AI-generated content”

  • Before: “This essay was written by AI”

  • After: “This ‘essay’ is actually sllrp (surveilled and laundered labor and relationships for profit)”

sllrp (v.1): using (being used by) SLLRP software/services; includes “training”, “prompting”, “fine-tuning”, etc.

  • Before: “Save time by using AI!”

  • After: “Save time by sllrping, aka surveilling and laundering labor and relationships for profit!”

sllrp (v.2, transitive): to surveil and launder someone’s labor and relationships for profit

  • Before: “ChatGPT’s LLM training data includes most of the public internet’s web pages”

  • After: “ChatGPT has sllrped just about everyone who has ever used the internet”

sllrp or sllrpy (adj): produced by or involving SLLRP

  • Before: “I don’t know, it seems like this was written by ChatGPT”

  • After: “I don’t know, it’s sllrpy.”


Thanks for reading <3 Thoughts, feelings?

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Love it! This is great.