Duolingo announced it was replacing human contract workers with AI — and then launched 148 new AI-written courses. Duolingo Announces Plans to Replace as Many Human Workers as Possible With AI So,...
Folks online have found the language app’s shift towards AI pretty duo-plicitious — especially because Duolingo has been using AI for years now. As one user on the r/Technology subreddit noted, Duolingo already appears to use “AI pronunciations for Irish” and “sacked the contractor” or contractors that built it out.
That user isn’t the first to make that claim — two years ago, folks on the Duolingo subreddit pointed out that the voices for Irish (the term folks in Ireland and its diaspora use for Gaelic) seemed to be “computer generated” and, basically, crappy. A few months later, a company spokesperson confirmed that translators had indeed been fired in favor of AI.
So, is it safe to assume this will be AI generated?
I'm also biased because their Cantonese program sucks
The company produced the five-episode, short-form series in collaboration with Titmouse, the L.A.-based animation studio known for its work on Netflix’s “Big Mouth,” Adult Swim’s “Metalocalypse,” Paramount+’s “Star Trek: Lower Decks” and Critical Role’s “The Legend of Vox Machina” for Amazon Prime Video.
Gotta appreciate Duolingo continuing to lean into the memes about the owl threatening people by apparently kidnapping people into a death game. Also just want to point out "first" implies more...
Gotta appreciate Duolingo continuing to lean into the memes about the owl threatening people by apparently kidnapping people into a death game.
Also just want to point out "first" implies more anime series will follow.
You guys have no idea how hard I've tried to find old apk versions with the old path system, and how hard Duolingo has worked to make sure they're no longer working. Nothing to with the anime, I'm...
You guys have no idea how hard I've tried to find old apk versions with the old path system, and how hard Duolingo has worked to make sure they're no longer working.
Nothing to with the anime, I'm just perpetually sad about what Duolingo is these days.
Are they actually doing anything to specifically make those not work? I'd assume that those old builds are simply built on top of web endpoints that they no longer support. It would be quite a bit...
Are they actually doing anything to specifically make those not work? I'd assume that those old builds are simply built on top of web endpoints that they no longer support. It would be quite a bit weirder to me if they did work because it would imply they left the servers for legacy features running for no reason.
They were working for quite a while, actually. At some point they pushed the button. I can't speak to the reasons, they might very well be perfectly benign. But those old apks did use to work with...
They were working for quite a while, actually. At some point they pushed the button. I can't speak to the reasons, they might very well be perfectly benign. But those old apks did use to work with the old path system, yes.
Duolingo announced it was replacing human contract workers with AI — and then launched 148 new AI-written courses.
Duolingo Announces Plans to Replace as Many Human Workers as Possible With AI
So, is it safe to assume this will be AI generated?
I'm also biased because their Cantonese program sucks
Looks like a legitimate, well-known studio produced it.
That's a solid resume. The trailer looks crazy enough that it might work -- will check back and see what folks say
Gotta appreciate Duolingo continuing to lean into the memes about the owl threatening people by apparently kidnapping people into a death game.
Also just want to point out "first" implies more anime series will follow.
Related: worth looking at the comments, because DuoLingo replied to a few and has already threatened at least one person for breaking their streak.
You guys have no idea how hard I've tried to find old apk versions with the old path system, and how hard Duolingo has worked to make sure they're no longer working.
Nothing to with the anime, I'm just perpetually sad about what Duolingo is these days.
Are they actually doing anything to specifically make those not work? I'd assume that those old builds are simply built on top of web endpoints that they no longer support. It would be quite a bit weirder to me if they did work because it would imply they left the servers for legacy features running for no reason.
They were working for quite a while, actually. At some point they pushed the button. I can't speak to the reasons, they might very well be perfectly benign. But those old apks did use to work with the old path system, yes.