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Why would I use duolingo if it has about the same product as opening google translate, moving the target language side off the screen, typing in some inane sent
by graypegg 3y ago
Why would I use duolingo if it has about the same product as opening google translate, moving the target language side off the screen, typing in some inane sentence, guessing what it says, and revealing.
You take a product that had the USP of “quality” and decided you’d rather play in the “AI sludge content” thunderdome where anyone with a vague understanding of web development and openAI api access can compete with you for functionally the same product.
- vintermann 3y agoWell, these days, Google Translate is pretty bad as machine translation services go... it's much better to ask an instruction tuned multilingual LLM to translate for you.
- ChadNauseam 3y ago> Why would I use duolingo if it has about the same product as opening google translate, moving the target language side off the screen, typing in some inane sentence, guessing what it says, and revealing. That seems like a way worse UX to me than what duolingo offers
- graypegg 3y agoI wouldn’t say it’s exceptionally worse considering it’s free vs begging you for microtransactions. Gamification is easy enough on your own, get some ice cream! If you need accountability, ask a friend. You could alternatively fill up millions of flash cards in Anki with random phrases out of chatGPT and really hone in on the Duolingo simplicity. Silly examples, but I just feel like “AI phrases with TTS audio displayed along side 1 of 20 PNGs of a cartoon character” isn’t really a defendable product in a market that churns out multiple copies of that idea a month. They used to be a course that was designed by employees/volunteers interested in language (in theory), now it’s a randomized. Eh.
- attentive 3y agoStructure and progress.