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Ben Ramsey
@ramsey@phpc.social  ·  activity timestamp 4 weeks ago

Lily always goes very dark. #Duolingo

(This is a real screenshot my son sent me.)

This is a real screenshot of a Duolingo exercise, where the character Lily asks the user to translate from Danish to English the phrase “Had består en bombe af?” The English translation is “What does a bomb consist of?”
This is a real screenshot of a Duolingo exercise, where the character Lily asks the user to translate from Danish to English the phrase “Had består en bombe af?” The English translation is “What does a bomb consist of?”
This is a real screenshot of a Duolingo exercise, where the character Lily asks the user to translate from Danish to English the phrase “Had består en bombe af?” The English translation is “What does a bomb consist of?”
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Ben Ramsey
@ramsey@phpc.social replied  ·  activity timestamp 4 weeks ago

Don’t get me wrong—I really love the darkness in Lily, but wow. I think they’re using generative AI for this, and it’s not a good look.

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LucileDT
@luciledt@phpc.social replied  ·  activity timestamp 4 weeks ago
@ramsey yeah Duolingo promoted their use of AI two years ago, that's why I stopped my subscription :<
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shimst3r
@shimst3r@famichiki.jp replied  ·  activity timestamp 4 weeks ago
@ramsey they laid off all of their contract workers which were responsible for a lot of the educational material in favor of Gen AI slob: https://fortune.com/article/duolingo-ceo-says-getting-rid-of-contract-employees-replacing-them-with-ai/
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Ben Ramsey
@ramsey@phpc.social replied  ·  activity timestamp 4 weeks ago
@shimst3r I know, but I thought he had backtracked on this.
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shimst3r
@shimst3r@famichiki.jp replied  ·  activity timestamp 4 weeks ago
@ramsey ah, that's a good point. I put the company on my "no longer support" list and never looked into any headlines after April 30th. bongo_cat
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LucileDT
@luciledt@phpc.social replied  ·  activity timestamp 4 weeks ago
@ramsey I am interested in this information if anyone has it, as I had the same reaction than @shimst3r
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