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Duolingo CEO tries to walk back AI-first comments, fails (htxt.co.za)
submitted 4 days ago by Pro to c/[email protected]
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  • Following backlash to statements that Duolingo will be AI-first, threatening jobs in the process, CEO Luis von Ahn has tried to walk back his statement.
  • Unfortunately, the CEO doesn’t walk back any of the key points he originally outlined, choosing instead to try, and fail to placate the maddening crowd.
  • Unfortunately the PR team may soon be replaced by AI as this latest statement has done anything but instil confidence in the firm’s users.
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[–] [email protected] 57 points 4 days ago (33 children)

In another thread someone told me you can buy gems or something to keep your streak going.

That would've made me uninstall long before his comments.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (2 children)

I remember easily getting gems for free. Also the streak basically doesn't matter at all. What made me uninstall is the slow pace. It felt like I was stuck on the same words and topics forever. It felt like I was not actually learning anything, which if you've ever started learning a language if a formal setting, is very apparent.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)

I've found it's best for drilling and not for learning. You'll probably learn faster by reading a textbook or listening to something like the Michel Thomas method that gets you speaking super fast. Then you can hop on Duolingo and make it stick. The secret is knowing the vocabulary beforehand to finish the lessons faster by focusing on your accuracy instead. It's still a lot of grinding, though. 😅

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 days ago (1 children)

The old tree system was much better, it allowed you to mix exercises from different topics. The new path system locks you into one topic until you know all the sentences by rote.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 days ago

They changed that a couple years ago, right? I think that was when I quit.

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