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Duolingo will replace contract workers with AI | The Verge (www.theverge.com)
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[–] 48 points 1 year ago (8 children)

So if they're using a ChatGPT wrapper to teach me languages, why do I need Duolingo? Copilot is free.

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  • [–] 16 points 1 year ago* (1 child)

    Copilot is free.

    Free.

    Free with ads.

    Freemium with ads.

    Free trial with tiered subscription service.

    New subscription tiers with reduced ads. Premium package for boosts to service.

    Please enter your credit card number and watch the ad to unlock device.

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  • [–] 7 points 1 year ago (3 children)

    This kind of thing is what confuses me as a business model. Take audio books for example, Audible is pivoting to ai voices. Why would people spend $20 on an audio book with an ai voice when they can just spend $1.99 on the eBook and run it through an ai voice program themselves?

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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    most people have absolutely no idea how to 'run it through an ai voice program' ..... yet

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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago

    True enough. I suspect that "yet" will come pretty soon though. I'm hoping all of these 'early AI adopter' companies fuck themselves out of business. With the tech as it is, most companies pivoting their products to AI on the user-end are just introducing a middle man. Once people catch on to it and realize they can just cut out the middle man, they hopefully won't last long.

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