A profile of Duolingo CEO Luis von Ahn, who co-created CAPTCHA and reCAPTCHA, as he predicts AI will eventually make computers better teachers than humans
Carina Chocano / New Yorker : LinkedIn: Charlene Tan , Monica Earle , and Kate Redman Tweets: @nicholasferroni , @pt , @thethirdhan , @chrisdier , @carina_chocano , @clinicalliz , @blgtylr , @briallenhopper , and @luisvonahn LinkedIn: Charlene Tan : As I was reading an insightful article about the founder of Duolingo, Luis von Ahn, and his company's success in the language learning space and beyond … Monica Earle : I learned so much working with Sam Dalsimer behind the scenes to help Carina Chocano tell Duolingo's origin story in an entirely new way in this profile of Luis von Ahn for The New Yorker. … Kate Redman : I just downloaded Duolingo this weekend to teach my daughter Spanish. But this post contains so many triggers for me I dont think I want to feed the machine. … Tweets: Nicholas Ferroni / @nicholasferroni : I am never shocked when people who are trying to profit off of public education criticize and undermine public educators. @LuisvonAhn definitely wants that public school money like so many others. https://twitter.com/... Parker / @pt : The nice thing is we can simply put this technology into public schools. The will benefit the most anyway. The hardest part will be shifting teachers from teach-one-lesson-to-the-middle to individualized curriculum. That may take 50 years after the tech works. https://twitter.com/... Hannah Strong / @thethirdhan : The idea that all we learn from teachers is the curriculum - rather than also, like, basic human skills - is a great summary for how insane big tech is https://twitter.com/... Chris Dier / @chrisdier : AI will certainly revolutionize education, but anyone who thinks it will replace teachers has no idea what teachers actually do on a daily basis. And the notion that the “vast majority” of teachers aren't “all that great” is both factually inaccurate and insulting. https://twitter.com/... Carina Chocano / @carina_chocano : This was so much fun to write, and really lucky timing! https://twitter.com/... Liz / @clinicalliz : Mind boggling statement, especially so soon after students worked remotely during the pandemic, which everyone hated and seems to have set students back. The Academy dates to Plato, the university to the medieval world. Stop trying to make education capitalist. https://twitter.com/... Brandon / @blgtylr : We really do keep re-discovering the idea of treating people like impediments to economic optimization under the guise of “progress” only to then re-discover the terrible price for doing so. 💀 https://twitter.com/... Briallen Hopper / @briallenhopper : Also, Duolingo can't teach you how to speak other languages! It's mainly useful at reminding you about pieces of grammar and vocab you already learned (I say this as someone who used to have a long Duolingo streak) https://twitter.com/... Luis von Ahn / @luisvonahn : LOVE this thorough profile of me and @duolingo from @Carina_Chocano in the @NewYorker. Lots of good stories about my life and how the company got started. https://www.newyorker.com/...