Duolingo will replace contract workers with AI
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Duolingo is making some AI-focused changes.
  • andros_rex@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    6 months ago

    Duolingo is a tragedy. They really quickly realized that you don’t make money teaching things - you make it on retention and gamification.

    Mango languages is great if your library has a subscription. I believe the US’s foreign service materials are also really good, if you want effective but boring.

    • Clay_pidgin@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
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      6 months ago

      I was so upset last year when they got rid of the comment section. There were often helpful explanations for WHY you conjugate the word that way, or how native speakers might use a different word.

      • eatCasserole@lemmy.worldEnglish
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        6 months ago

        Yeah, the comment section was amazing…and then they came out with “max”, where you get “explain my answer” for a premium, powered by a [notoriously fallible] LLM. This is the definition of enshitification.