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Ash@fishyash.bsky.social · 16h ago

Friendly reminder that Duolingo was initially concieved to trick people into translating articles for free, which they later used as training data for MTL algorithms. Duolingo's primary purpose has NEVER been about teaching you a language, even from the start! slate.com/technology/2...

If it doesn’t charge users and, so far, doesn’t serve them any ads, how does Duolingo make money? It tricks you into working as an unpaid translation service. At the end of some lessons, Duolingo will ask you if you want to practice by translating a real-world document. Which will turn out to be, say, a BuzzFeed article. By melding together enough stabs at this task from high-level Duolingo users, the app can render a surprisingly accurate translation. Which is worth good money. So far, Duolingo has contracts with BuzzFeed and CNN to translate stories from English into languages such as Spanish, French, and Portuguese. This service is already earning Duolingo hundreds of thousands of dollars a year, but von Ahn predicts he will be adding a raft of new clients soon. “The language translations market is huge,” he says. “It’s a $30 billion per year market.”
Japanese Talk@japanesetalk.bsky.social · 2d ago

It really irks me when people share their 300, 600, 1000 day Duolingo streaks but still don't know how to use Japanese. Here's an explanation for why apps like Duolingo don't work for learning to any fluency. jtalkonline.com/why-apps-lik...

Nash@radiodeadair.com · yesterday

Also while we're on the topic is sure is interesting that the only acts that can play in stadiums have to be given permission by billionaires with political motives, and upsetting them means you lose the venue. Says a WHOLE FUCKING LOT about the music industry, huh?

Danya 📺IN STATICBELLE FICLANDIA CURRENTLY🌈@puckishdanya.bsky.social · 17h ago

Hi friends, one of my favorite local museums (aka THE ONE WITH THE DINOS!!!) is on the brink of closing after this Sunday after 214 years due to mismanagement by a local university. If you want to help save a cultural institution, could you plz sign this petition? actionnetwork.org/petitions/pe...

Petition to Keep the Academy of Natural Sciences Open to the Public

The scientific community in Philadelphia and concerned neighbors are calling on Drexel University to keep the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia’s public-facing museum open beyond their impos...

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Ellipsus@ellipsus.com · 16h ago

When writers face dark times, we stand together. Our demands: - No genAI in writing tools and publishing. - No scraping or feeding work to LLMs. - Protections for human authorship. Emboss is one among a suite of tools we’re designing at Ellipsus to support, advance, and defend human creativity.

Ellipsus@ellipsus.com · 5d ago

Let’s face it, being a writer these days can feel a little scary. AI slopification, ominous algos… In this uncanny valley, how can human writers show that their work is their own? This spooky season, one writer stumbles upon a source of hope… Introducing Ellipsus Emboss, a short film.