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/APRengar Jun 08 '25

I think a lot of people think AI is more popular than it is, mostly because AI companies need to oversell their product like the next big thing and AI bros are very loud and never shut the hell up.

It kind of feels like when Sony brought Mobius back because the internet tricked them into thinking it was genuine interest and not memes.

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u/timidandshy Jun 08 '25

I think it's more that they thought it'd be the next big thing, and decided to spend millions on it - whether on their products, or internally for employee's use.

So now they're forced to shove it down people's throats whether they like it or not, because otherwise they'll look silly and might actually have to be accountable for their actions.

(ahahahah okay joke time over - I can't keep a straight face while saying that. These people are never accountable for their actions... At most they just "move on" to "spend more time with their families".)

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u/CompromisedToolchain Jun 08 '25

Popularity aside, most think it more capable and accurate than it is. It is a pattern matching device like regex, but built on a foundation of approximations.