Duolingo’s AI Learns What You Need to Learn

Re:Duolingo’s AI Learns What You Need to Learn by qwerty456127 on Sunday February 05, 2023 @08:00PM (#34671842)

It's just so stupid. Every time I give it a chance I end up this way: it repeatedly asks me stupid questions, I get bored, I start clicking-through it faster and faster without thinking, I make stupid mistakes while knowing right answers - for purely mechanical reasons and lack of attention, it asks me more stupid questions because of this.

I think there should be a "never show/ask me this again" button on every slide/question in every learning app. This alone can make their "AI"s a lot smarter.

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Re:Duolingo’s AI Learns What You Need to Learn by likpok on Sunday February 05, 2023 @08:39PM (#34672137)

I have a related but different experience: it's constantly asking me about "library" or "spring" and it's been a long long time since I've made a mistake. Why is it not trying to review other words where I do make mistakes, or even words where I need to click on the translation / listen to the audio multiple times? It always makes me a little doubtful of their claims.

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Re:Duolingo’s AI Learns What You Need to Learn by throwaway9191aa on Sunday February 05, 2023 @08:06PM (#34671889)

This is precisely my fear using an AI model. I don't want to end up in some local minima where I endlessly misspell Snow, and get forced into aggressive weather training.

Through italki (spanish) I make tu/usted (informal/formal) mistakes, I make plural mistakes, and I make gender mistakes. My italki instructor still understands me and we can focus on other things.

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