Post AvtfdLObXqbeUBWLkO by lisasky@mastodon.world
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(DIR) Post #AvtFwAcREv6hkvJ97o by stux@mstdn.social
2025-07-07T12:40:08Z
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Did you know the person who created #Recaptcha, you know that tool that uses humans from all over the world to train AI by clicking on images etcWell, that same dude also created #Duolingo with a base purpose to let people translate and sell those translation or as a serviceCurrently Duolingo is embracing the AI slop big time and a lot of their users are deleting their accountsAt the end of the day, everything Luis von Ahn touches has only 1 end goal..Don't fall for his bs ❤️
(DIR) Post #AvtG4rXRYANNBW7Gfg by DJRNDM@chaos.social
2025-07-07T12:41:41Z
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@stux Joined babbel three years ago to learn French, still very content with it. 🧡
(DIR) Post #AvtGQV0C1JAhf0sfA0 by trebach@functional.cafe
2025-07-07T12:45:33Z
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@stux Also if Duolingo is to go by, he likes to get free content from users, rug pull them, and then enshittify/monetize it over time until it's a mess that is no longer fit for purpose
(DIR) Post #AvtGnq0E6fyrS91cbg by justreads@masto.ai
2025-07-07T12:49:50Z
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@stux Thanks for this reminder, just canceled my subscription!Does anyone know of any good alternatives? I checked Babbel, mentioned by someone in the replies, but the language selection is limited.
(DIR) Post #AvtNLKNslkeQxdRUmm by hurt138@mastodon.social
2025-07-07T14:02:55Z
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@stux have seen a drop in the quality of the platform... #duolingo
(DIR) Post #AvtXkPY1hu5vkympnM by darkpaw@mstdn.social
2025-07-07T15:59:39Z
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@stux Yeah, I ditched Duolingo a couple of years ago when, after three years, it was still asking me to translate sentences like, I am driving my children to univiersity". That's such a basic sentence that I wasn't getting anywhere. And they added all that AI crap to it so it marked you as wrong because you used the wrong apostrophe character, for example. Absolute trash now. Good riddance.
(DIR) Post #AvtfdLObXqbeUBWLkO by lisasky@mastodon.world
2025-07-07T17:28:03Z
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@stux I'd love to know where it gets its sentences. I've tried it and it's not usually stuff you use, but like... news interviews? Russian: the husband and wife often argue. Ukrainian: Where is my husband/wife?
(DIR) Post #AvuB70C02XO9zXFN1k by JanetGrBr@mastodon.social
2025-07-07T23:20:42Z
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@stux I deleted my Duolingo account 2 years ago I think, when they first started about using A.I.