Duolingo Announces Plans to Replace as Many Human Workers as Possible With AI

Duolingo Announces Plans to Replace as Many Human Workers as Possible With AI Don't do it, Duolingo. Pivot Power The gamified, owl-mascoted language learning app Duolingo is completing its "AI-first" pivot — and replacing all its human contractors along the way. In an all-hands email that was later posted on LinkedIn, Duolingo CEO Luis von Ahn announced that the company would "gradually stop using contractors to do work that AI can handle." Part of that shift, von Ahn wrote, will involve deploying the tech before it’s "100 percent perfect." "We're not going to rebuild everything overnight, and some things — like getting Al to understand our codebase-will take time," the CEO wrote. "However, we can't wait until the technology is 100% perfect. We'd rather move with urgency and take occasional small hits on quality than move slowly and miss the moment." Along with "gradually" offloading all its human contractors, Duolingo will also, per von Ahn’s timeline, use knowledge of AI when ... Read full article.