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Duolingo Fires Translators in Favor of AI (futurism.com)

submitted 10 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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[–] noodlejetski@lemm.ee 10 points 10 months ago (2 children)

in my experience, Memrise teaches you useful phrases much faster, while Duolingo drills you about horses eating blue apples and turtles wearing yellow hats.

[–] I_am_10_squirrels@beehaw.org 2 points 10 months ago

Learn how to say "two tabs of acid" in 10 languages

[–] MadBob@feddit.nl 2 points 10 months ago

To be fair, as a Duolingo hater myself, I do see the logic in teaching wacky phrases. It at least gives me the impression that it makes it easier to improvise sentences based on the grammar you've learnt by drilling "the bear should eat some cheese when it rains" or whatever.