I haven’t used the app for a while, but I still have it installed. The delete account button doesn’t work, and neither does the feedback button. Cool.
Try a VPN to any EU country. I find that platforms can get really cooperative really fast when you wanna delete your account and they think GDPR applies
Unless you’re already in the EU in which case you could try “Mine” (saymine.com) although it’s been a minute and the AI stuff on their site does by fill me.with confidence
This email makes no sense.
Let me paraphrase them:
We bet on mobile and won big. AI is great. AI tutors are a thing.
Therefore we’ll get AI to understand our codebase and get it to fo stuff people did before
This isn’t “betting on” AI. This is outsourcing to AI.
You can be an AI company (theoretically) - have people make AI models that are then deployed. Note the lack of recursively, made-by-AI-for-AI products and services.
Tbh, Duolingo was always a gimmick. It doesn’t teach you a language. It teaches you small snippets of 5-10 words each with little to no grammar. It’s repetitive and boring. It was that way before the lives they said they’d never add.
They lost me as a user when they rolled out lives.
Now, I hope they lose someone else.
Duolingo has potential. But learning a language always required a large time investmant, and it always will.
I assume its lessons will only get worse than they already are.
Yai so on top of being an expert in telling all the animal names in a foreign language but not one consecutive sentence - what will come next ? More sample sentences like „the mouse eats the elephant“? (No joke had that one)
I came across “The bear is wearing its dresses”
I’m wondering which of these 2 options are true about the people coming up with stuff like this:
- They are genuinely clueless, and have never used ChatGPT for more than 5 minutes
- They know the LLMs are shit, but they want to ride the AI hype with bullshit PR like this
They believe in infinite growth. They think LLMs are going to get reliable fast. LLMs have probably played a direct role in convincing them of that
Yep they’re paying lip service to the employees but this message is 100% to potential investors looking to bet on the AI wave.
it being an email from their CEO is basically all the evidence needed, CEOs don’t say anything that isn’t somehow meant to increase profits.
Good luck with that, I’ll watch the outcome with great interest.
Humans-last
I was gonna say language learning is actually one of the few AI might be useful for, but they’re not talking about making their users learn with a little AI translator having a random conversation with them; they’re replacing their workforce with AI.
Fuck. I was considering using Duo once I finish school to give myself some more options to flee the US as we dive deeper into nazism. Any good alternatives?
Any good alternatives?
Join a class. These apps are a waste of time.
Find a personal tutor social media. Pay them money. It’s easier than it ever has been
As someone learning Japanese
There’s no fucking way AI would be able to assist in learning a second language
The problem with current AI text generation is that it can be wrong, which is bad if you are trusting it with giving correct information to learn
Deepl, even though its made for translating, it is often wrong
Language Transfer on SoundCloud or Busuu if you want more of an app / exercises experience.
Anki is great for flashcards with lots of community generated decks for free download:
i mean the way humans are made to learn languages is just simple immersion, consume media in the target language and your brain will figure it out.
the one thing to keep in mind is that you don’t want subtitles, because then you won’t actually be paying attention to the target language. If you can stomach it then children’s media is great because it’s specifically made to be simple and teach children the language.
I know I’m going to sound like a stock Marxist from the 1930s, but: AI is a means of production and therefore should be collectivized.
the devs appropriated the models from the masses.
Language Transfer, lingodeer
They already have AI driven conversations if you pay.
Which is about the extent AI could benefit a service like Duolingo. Gutting their workforce isn’t going to make it any better.
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It was a good app ten years ago when you could use it as much as you wanted for a few short ads. Now its an ad-ridden mtxfest.
that’s the really depressing part, they took something that could have kind of revolutionized the world (imagine everyone having easy access to learning the major languages), and just snapped its neck like a defenseless kitten
Neat. Here’s how you can delete your account: https://www.duolingo.com/help/delete-my-account-and-data
Yay thanks
Perfect. Thank you.
Just in time for spring cleaning. Thanks.
Can I delete my account if I never made an account in the first pace?
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Your view is not unpopular.
Ive been going physical first. i dont pay for any subscriptions anymore, and my Jellyfin collection I’d going great. fuck subscriptions, fuck ai, fuck algorithms feeding you shit. just live man. go outside, catch a butterfly. be free while u still can.
Duolingo has been using AI for a bit at least for their content, and it sucks
Anyon have luck getting a refund for a year subscription?
He’s not wrong though. I haven’t read the whole post, but the fundamental change in teaching, i.e., having access to the world’s knowledge in an individualized offering at a fraction of the cost for similar access before the LLM breakthrough is real.
You should read the whole thing, because then you would have known that he isn’t talking about making teaching using ai but using ai in hiring, Performance reviews and not using contractors when ai can do it. So not the fundamental change In Teaching but automated hr work and vibe coding.
Ever since their content is being created or at least sub crrated by AI the quality has gone down noticeable, ive seen so many incorrect sentences which is shit when trying to learn a language. And if i, as a beginner learner can figure out wrong sentences what the actual fuck is ai doing?
