Duolingo will replace contract workers with AI

Re:Duolingo will replace contract workers with AI by n_ary on Tuesday April 29, 2025 @06:24PM (#43838744)

In another news, I intend to uninstall duolingo effective immediately and actually in an effort to support human-first businesses and enroll into a real language course class where I get to talk to real human beings with same goal and have actual exams and people trained in teaching particular language.

For me, Duolingo(uber for Anki flash cards of preliminary words for a 3 day tourist in a new country) was always an odd product. It is very popular among people because they can immediately learn how to say hi/hello, thanks, please in new language but after that, it is akin to learning to swim by reading different tips and tricks, without actually ever touching water or doing the act.

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Re:Duolingo will replace contract workers with AI by stevage on Tuesday April 29, 2025 @07:25PM (#43839275)

I found it unusable due to the overbearing gamification when I just wanted to learn a language.

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Re:Duolingo will replace contract workers with AI by martinky24 on Tuesday April 29, 2025 @09:03PM (#43840047)

The gamification is the #1 reason I uninstalled it within a few days.

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Re:Duolingo will replace contract workers with AI by randycupertino on Tuesday April 29, 2025 @11:17PM (#43840917)

I stopped enjoying Duolingo when they took away the tree and made it a singular route on the path. I used to like jumping around on the tree in a more flexible fashion whereas the path feels so boring and forced.

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Re:Duolingo will replace contract workers with AI by GardenLetter27 on Wednesday April 30, 2025 @06:28AM (#43843245)

And all the other apps copy them :( Like HelloChinese (new course), LingoDeer, SuperChinese, etc.

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Re:Duolingo will replace contract workers with AI by billy99k on Saturday May 03, 2025 @11:24PM (#43884234)

I like the gamification aspect. It keeps me using it daily.

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Re:Duolingo will replace contract workers with AI by amunozo on Wednesday April 30, 2025 @08:07AM (#43844055)

People like it because they are lazy and don't need to put effort into it. But the truth is, no effort, no learning.

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Re:Duolingo will replace contract workers with AI by krowek on Wednesday April 30, 2025 @04:04PM (#43850049)

I've just uninstalled the app and deleted the account (sadly, I have some relatives still stuck on a yearly subscription) after having used Duolingo for years (almost 2000 days streak) and finished multiple languages (English, German, Polish, Esperanto).

Duolingo was quite an innovative platform years ago, it really led me to keep learning, but now all that's gone. I managed to save every single sentence in the last language I was learning, which I can now import into Anki, so the ad bloat won't be a problem anymore.

They can push their greediness far and beyond, until the extent they find suitable, I won't be part of that.

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