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Duolingo CEO on going AI-first: 'I did not expect the blowback

• brettkromkamp 1y ago
  Strange how these CEO types are not able to read the room.
  • jaggs 1y ago
    So true. Isn't it incredible also that no-one told him it might be a bad idea to replace people in a people focused business? That must be the main problem with surrounding yourself with 'yes, sir' types?
  • hbartab 1y ago
    Too many dark triad personalities rise to be CEOs. Not surprising at all. Levels of psychopathy are the same in C-suites and prisons, which is about 5x higher than in the general population.
  • consumer451 1y ago
    Maybe this is what you were implying, but my guess is that if you were hanging out only in C-suite social circles in 2025, then you would think that "everyone" loved AI.
• gnabgib 1y ago
  https://archive.is/IrY3z https://archive.is/IrY3z Related: Duolingo CEO tries to walk back AI-first comments, fails (459 points, 13 days ago, 325 comments) https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44100035 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44100035 Duolingo will replace contract workers with AI (181 points, 1 month ago, 117 comments) https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43827978 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43827978
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• vpribish 1y ago
  wow, seems he still doesn't get it, maybe he's too wealthy to understand. (this article might actually be satire, i just realized) exciting, bold proclamations from the techno-king might be really fun for him - but sound awfully different from out here. In his defense, the people who he pays thought it was just fine, a great idea.