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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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[–] paequ2@lemmy.today 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Any recommended alternatives?

[–] TimewornTraveler@lemm.ee 1 points 1 week ago

workbooks and videoes and a good dictionary

thousands of great tutors are on sites like iTalki too

Duolingo is one of those fad apps that are overrated but are exquisitely trash once you force yourself to use them just to say "Hey, I have learned a language!". Honestly, it was pretty funny seeing Duolingo comment on videos on all that despite it feeling forced, replacing it with AI just signifies Duolingo's slow and painful demise

[–] jhonmu648@discuss.tchncs.de -3 points 1 week ago

Just say AI bad use is cancer for human kind. Good use can help humans to do their task with less effort. So its all depend on usage.

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