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 4death4 on Monday January 08, 2024 @08:53PM (#38921215)

If that’s how you want to spend your time, then that’s fine. But, it’s kind of delusional to think you’ve been learning to speak another language. At best you’ve been playing a language-learning inspired game.

I know people who have done Duo Lingo for years. I was shocked when I saw how bad their language skills were.

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Re:Duolingo Cuts 10% of Contractors as It Uses More AI to Cr... by johnnyanmac on Tuesday January 09, 2024 @10:01AM (#38926935)

I mean, lead a horse to water. I had 3 years of enforced language learning in high school. I barely learned any conversational Spanish. These sorts of apps are supplemental, otherwise paying some $10 subscription to learn a new language would be a steal.

It's best treated as reading some motivational quote in the morning. Gets you out of bed and into the mood but it won't carry you through life alone. Is that worth $10/month? Depends on the person, but it would be for me if I was being serious.

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