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jherazobtoTechnology@beehaw.orgEnglish·9 months ago

Duolingo Fires Translators in Favor of AI

(futurism.com)

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Duolingo Fires Translators in Favor of AI

(futurism.com)

jherazobtoTechnology@beehaw.orgEnglish·9 months ago

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The popular language-learning program Duolingo cut 10 percent of its contracted translators last month amid a generative AI push.

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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I’ve learned more with Duolingo than any other resource to be fair.