Duolingo is going AI-first

Neat. Here’s how you can delete your account: https://www.duolingo.com/help/delete-my-account-and-data

Just in time for spring cleaning. Thanks.

Can I delete my account if I never made an account in the first pace?

I’m wondering which of these 2 options is true for the chief techbro who came up with this:

They are genuinely clueless, and have never used ChatGPT for more than 5 minutes
They know the limitations of LLMs well, but they want to ride the AI hype to inflate their company value (and maybe cut some costs by downsizing)

They believe in infinite growth. They think LLMs are going to get reliable fast. LLMs have probably played a direct role in convincing them of that

Yep they’re paying lip service to the employees but this message is 100% to potential investors looking to bet on the AI wave.

it being an email from their CEO is basically all the evidence needed, CEOs don’t say anything that isn’t somehow meant to increase profits.

I was gonna say language learning is actually one of the few AI might be useful for, but they’re not talking about making their users learn with a little AI translator having a random conversation with them; they’re replacing their workforce with AI.

Fuck. I was considering using Duo once I finish school to give myself some more options to flee the US as we dive deeper into nazism. Any good alternatives?

Language Transfer, lingodeer

The problem with current AI text generation is that it can be wrong, which is bad if you are trusting it with giving correct information to learn

Deepl, even though its made for translating, it is often wrong

I know I’m going to sound like a stock Marxist from the 1930s, but: AI is a means of production and therefore should be collectivized.

the devs appropriated the models from the masses.

Anki is great for flashcards with lots of community generated decks for free download:

https://apps.ankiweb.net/

They already have AI driven conversations if you pay.

Which is about the extent AI could benefit a service like Duolingo. Gutting their workforce isn’t going to make it any better.

As someone learning Japanese

There’s no fucking way AI would be able to assist in learning a second language

Any good alternatives?

Join a class. These apps are a waste of time.

Find a personal tutor social media. Pay them money. It’s easier than it ever has been

i mean the way humans are made to learn languages is just simple immersion, consume media in the target language and your brain will figure it out.

the one thing to keep in mind is that you don’t want subtitles, because then you won’t actually be paying attention to the target language. If you can stomach it then children’s media is great because it’s specifically made to be simple and teach children the language.

Language Transfer on SoundCloud or Busuu if you want more of an app / exercises experience.

What language are you trying to learn?

For the first time ever, teaching as well as the best human tutors is within our reach.

No it fucking isn’t. The video calls are awful and don’t do anything to help you learn why what you said is wrong. Lilly just acts confused and ignores what you said. And in their normal explanations it just assumes why you didn’t know something, gives an answer for what it guessed, and doesn’t do anything else. The old explanations were much better than the new garbage they offer.

That’s pretty on point for the kind of stereotypical girl lily is supposed to be.

Opened the comments because I got stuck at this line for a bit. When I got to this part my brain added in commas and it took me a little because even though “teaching, as well as the best human tutors, is within our reach” doesn’t really make sense, it still seems less nonsensical than without the commas.

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Duolingo is going AI-first(lemmy.world)

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