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filister@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 7 months ago

Duolingo will replace contract workers with AI | The Verge

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Duolingo will replace contract workers with AI | The Verge

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Duolingo will replace contract workers with AI
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Duolingo is making some AI-focused changes.
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    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.

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      One of the languages I am learning is an endangered native language, and it was super helpful to see knowledgeable people in the comments.

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        That’s honestly enraging!? Such data can be greatly valuable for learners, and the native speakers’ community, and linguistics.

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          It was an amazing resource. For them just to nuke it completely was very frustrating.

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          Yeah but fuck learning, there’s money to be made, amirite?

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        i encountered some people that spoke some MAYAN. would like to learn it, because thier pictographs are interesting.

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          That’s cool as heck.

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      Literally canceled because of that change. Fuck them.

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        This “AI first” thing was the last straw for me, but ever since I noticed that the comment section was gone there’s been a bad taste in my mouth. I wonder how many of us there are.

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      I’m pretty frustrated they removed dark mode as well, made it very hard to do a lesson before bed.

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        Duolingo? Mine still has dark mode. Maybe just for subscriptions?

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