Comment on Duolingo will replace contract workers with AI | The Verge

• eatCasserole@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Yeah, the comment section was amazing…and then they came out with “max”, where you get “explain my answer” for a premium, powered by a [notoriously fallible] LLM. This is the definition of enshitification.

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  • clay_pidgin@sh.itjust.works ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    One of the languages I am learning is an endangered native language, and it was super helpful to see knowledgeable people in the comments.

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    • antonim@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      That’s honestly enraging!? Such data can be greatly valuable for learners, and the native speakers’ community, and linguistics.

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      • clay_pidgin@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        It was an amazing resource. For them just to nuke it completely was very frustrating.

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      • dalekcaan@lemm.ee ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        Yeah but fuck learning, there’s money to be made, amirite?

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    • Ledericas@lemm.ee ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      i encountered some people that spoke some MAYAN.

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      • clay_pidgin@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        That’s cool as heck.

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  • boonhet@lemm.ee ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Literally canceled because of that change. Fuck them.

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    • eatCasserole@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      This “AI first” thing was the last straw for me, but ever since I noticed that the comment section was gone there’s been a bad taste in my mouth. I wonder how many of us there are.

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  • mbehling@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    I’m pretty frustrated they removed dark mode as well, made it very hard to do a lesson before bed.

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    • atx_aquarian@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Duolingo? Mine still has dark mode. Maybe just for subscriptions?

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• hydrashok@sh.itjust.works ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Don’t worry, you can upgrade to Duolingo Max for even more money and have the AI explain it. (Seriously.)

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  • clay_pidgin@sh.itjust.works ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Yeah, I saw that. I have the family plan (some people in the house go through a lot of hearts (mistakes)) and still have to see ads for Max.

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• Psythik@lemm.ee ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Never used it but that sounds like such a neat concept.

  Does anyone know of any free language learning apps that have a comment section?

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• sqibkw@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  I don’t know how good this feature was on Duolingo, but there’s a site/app called HiNative that does a really good job at this sort of thing.

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  • clay_pidgin@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    that looks cool. Thank you for pointing it out!

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