Duolingo Cuts 10% of Contractors as It Uses More AI to Create App Content

Re:Duolingo Cuts 10% of Contractors as It Uses More AI to Cr... by outside1234 on Monday January 08, 2024 @05:07PM (#38918902)

There is an analogue to this in manufacturing as well. We lost something when we moved all of our manufacturing to whatever the race to bottom place was of the moment instead of understanding how to make our things from top to bottom.

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Re:Duolingo Cuts 10% of Contractors as It Uses More AI to Cr... by mattgreenrocks on Monday January 08, 2024 @05:18PM (#38919056)

Yeah. And that brought a whole slew of other problems (such as supply chain security and systemic fragility induced by centralization) that we just accept as worth it.

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Re:Duolingo Cuts 10% of Contractors as It Uses More AI to Cr... by bavarianbob on Monday January 08, 2024 @05:37PM (#38919321)

Curious to know if you believe it is truly lost because I would argue that what could be considered lost (artisan, soulful goods) still exists. Perhaps I also misunderstand "what" you believe is to be lost.

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Re:Duolingo Cuts 10% of Contractors as It Uses More AI to Cr... by rrr_oh_man on Monday January 08, 2024 @06:27PM (#38919974)

From my experience in Central Europe in no particular order:

Woodworking, shoemaking, metallurgy, even services like plumbing or an electrician are getting harder and harder to find. Building and repairing electrical machines. Refinery of oil-based products. Manufacturing of computers and circuitboard beyond the most basic.

There is no manufacturing sector, anymore. It’s all gone.

Tangential anecdotal point: I used to have an antique "home improvement" book from 1910 or so. The exquisite wood joinery that was shown there (as the achievable standard for the motivated man-of-the-house) does not exist anymore, it’s not being taught.

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