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Duolingo will replace contract workers with AI | The Verge (www.theverge.com)

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[–] clay_pidgin@sh.itjust.works 122 points 2 days ago (4 children)

I was so upset last year when they got rid of the comment section. There were often helpful explanations for WHY you conjugate the word that way, or how native speakers might use a different word.

[–] eatCasserole@lemmy.world 95 points 2 days ago (3 children)

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.

[–] clay_pidgin@sh.itjust.works 56 points 2 days ago (2 children)

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

[–] antonim@lemmy.dbzer0.com 20 points 2 days ago (2 children)

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

[–] dalekcaan@lemm.ee 5 points 1 day ago

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

[–] clay_pidgin@sh.itjust.works 12 points 2 days ago

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

[–] Ledericas@lemm.ee 9 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

i encountered some people that spoke some MAYAN. would like to learn it, because thier pictographs are interesting.

[–] clay_pidgin@sh.itjust.works 4 points 2 days ago

That's cool as heck.

[–] boonhet@lemm.ee 23 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Literally canceled because of that change. Fuck them.

[–] eatCasserole@lemmy.world 10 points 2 days 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.

[–] mbehling@lemmy.world 5 points 2 days ago (1 children)

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

[–] atx_aquarian@lemmy.world 2 points 2 days ago

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

[–] sqibkw@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago (1 children)

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.

[–] clay_pidgin@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 day ago

that looks cool. Thank you for pointing it out!

[–] hydrashok@sh.itjust.works 23 points 2 days ago (1 children)

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

[–] clay_pidgin@sh.itjust.works 10 points 2 days 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.

[–] Psythik@lemm.ee 7 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days 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? (And a user base that utilizes the comment section, of course.)