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Quoting Mo Bitar

A satirical "unethical guide" by Mo Bitar, suggesting employees bluff about using a fake AI technique called "Ralph Loops" to impress their CEO and secure promotions. It advises workers to request expensive API credits for the nonexistent technology and to publicly claim they have automated colleagues, exploiting corporate fears about AI to avoid layoffs.

read1 min views7 publishedMay 12, 2026

Now, if your CEO has never heard the phrase Ralph Loop, oh man, you are less than 30 days away from your next promotion. I'm not even exaggerating. Walk into his office, close the door, and say, hey chief, been experimenting with something. It's called Ralph Loops. And I think it could change literally everything. And he's gonna say, what's a Ralph loop? And you will say, give me $18,000 worth of API credits and I'll show you. Now you won't actually do anything, because you can't do anything. Because nobody can, because nobody knows what they're doing. But by the time he figures that out, you'll have a new title, and equity bump. [...] Talk about automation constantly. Nothing arouses the slumbering capitalists than the mention of automation. Drop names too, bro. Like talk about specific team members you can automate out of existence. Be like, yo, I automated Gary, bro. Tag Gary in the message. Tag him in Slack in a very public channel. Be like, yo, I just automated @Gary. His function has been Ralph Looped. And tag your CEO in the same message. You think you're getting laid off after that? β€” Mo Bitar, The Unethical Guide to Surviving AI Layoffs, TikTok

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