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Duolingo Fires Translators in Favor of AI (futurism.com)
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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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[–] 9 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 child)

Back in the day, I found Rosetta Stone to be a decent approach, it's the only reason I still know how to say "the kid is under the plane" in Arabic, without barely knowing any Arabic (it was in the first free demo lessons). The context turned a bit dark after 9/11, though...

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