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Duolingo Fires Translators in Favor of AI (futurism.com)
submitted 8 months ago by jherazob@beehaw.org to c/technology@beehaw.org
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Duolingo is very much on the Enshittification path, seems like they fired a number of translators and have the rest just proofreading AI.

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[–] originalucifer@moist.catsweat.com 153 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (2 children)

duolingo is a textbook example of a nice small startup, with great ideas that is then completely overtaken my MBAs who run it into the ground as soon as there is enough of a client base to Sell. you fucking fucks all suck.

[–] Thisfox@sopuli.xyz 3 points 8 months ago

Similar to Memrise, which was really fun when you could make your own mems using imagesearch and customise everything.... And now is a rubbish duolingo clone.