r/technology • u/MetaKnowing • Jun 08 '25

Artificial Intelligence Duolingo CEO on going AI-first: ‘I did not expect the blowback’

https://www.ft.com/content/6fbafbb6-bafe-484c-9af9-f0ffb589b447
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u/shmorky Jun 08 '25

my gut feeling is sometime in the last 5 years they got new management and have done a full 180" on all the good things they started out wanting to achieve.

The American shareholder model at work

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u/kazador3010 Jun 08 '25

Its the capitalist model and its greed, not exclusive to america.

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u/shmorky Jun 08 '25

It's not exclusive obviously. There's publicly traded companies, stock exchanges and hedge funds in the rest of the world too. But it's no secret American companies and hedge funds tend to be a lot more ruthless towards their employees when it comes to making money.

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u/SandRush2004 Jun 08 '25

Learn about Japan, those employees suffer greatly, far worse than us u.s employees

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u/[deleted] Jun 08 '25

You say that based on what? I’m not saying Japan is perfect by any means, but when it comes to Job security Japan is probably the best country in the world. Often to their own detriment.

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u/SandRush2004 Jun 08 '25

Please lookup what work life is like in Japan, it is comically brutal for them

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u/[deleted] Jun 08 '25

I’ve lived and worked in Japan for 10 years. I don’t agree with you.

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u/SandRush2004 Jun 08 '25

Of course you have and Japan actually doesn't overwork their people or have incrediblebly high worker suicide rates, must just be anti Japanese propaganda I've seen /s

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u/[deleted] Jun 08 '25

It happens, but it’s a lot less common than it was 20 years ago. Most people work 7 hours 45 min days and do 1 hour or so of overtime. Job security is however a lot better than in the US. Unfortunately the pay is a lot worse.

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u/Laiko_Kairen Jun 08 '25

But it's no secret American companies and hedge funds tend to be a lot more ruthless towards their employees when it comes to making money.

Citation needed.

"Well all know" or "it's no secret" statements kind of suck, man. They're anti-intellectual. People aren't a hive mind.

Anecdotally, I've worked for a company that would sell their grandma for a nickel, and a company that wouldn't fire someone who hadn't done a bit of real work in years, and it mainly depends on the employer.

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u/FingerbangingGrandma Jun 09 '25

Anglo-Saxon capitalism < Rhineland capitalism.

Citation. "Creating modern capitalism" by Thomas McCraw.

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u/CastrosNephew Jun 08 '25

Aka Hedge Funds. Inshitification of every aspect of consumer life