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   Dare Obasanjo (carnage4life@mas.to)'s status on Monday, 08-Jan-2024 23:21:38 JST Dare Obasanjo

   Duolingo laying off most of their translators and having the rest review AI generated translations instead of writing them will be the end game for a lot of white collar work over the next few years.

   From software development to marketing to law, it’s what business will pay for.

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     esmevane, sorry (ironchamber@mastodon.esmevane.com)'s status on Monday, 08-Jan-2024 23:21:38 JST esmevane, sorry

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     @carnage4life If someone running a business finds that they can lay off a majority of their staff and replace them with LLMs, I would suggest that they also try to find a new way to make money. It’s probably possible to replace their entire product with it. Why would we need Duolingo if the LLM suffices?

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     Elizabeth Tai | 戴秀铃 🇲🇾 (liztai@hachyderm.io)'s status on Wednesday, 10-Jan-2024 14:02:23 JST Elizabeth Tai | 戴秀铃 🇲🇾

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     • Smythe

     @tsmyther @carnage4life tbh duolingo doesn't have a good rep with Mandarin learners (it's considered not as accurate) so it could be a good move, language learning wise

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     Smythe (tsmyther@triangletoot.party)'s status on Wednesday, 10-Jan-2024 14:02:25 JST Smythe

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     @carnage4life This is bad. People are more important than algorithms, and native or near-native speakers are needed to bring out the nuance of language translation. I will probably drop my subscription at the end of this period now. I have almost 1000 days of #DuoLingo lessons, but I can’t get behind a company that will wholesale fire folks in such a callous manner.

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     Elizabeth Tai | 戴秀铃 🇲🇾 (liztai@hachyderm.io)'s status on Wednesday, 10-Jan-2024 18:59:11 JST Elizabeth Tai | 戴秀铃 🇲🇾

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     • Smythe

     @tsmyther I can only speak to the Mandarin bit, I'm unsure about other laguages.
     @carnage4life

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     Smythe (tsmyther@triangletoot.party)'s status on Wednesday, 10-Jan-2024 18:59:12 JST Smythe

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     • Elizabeth Tai | 戴秀铃 🇲🇾

     @liztai @carnage4life But is that true of all languages and dialects?