Luis Von Ahn
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You need to take back that illegal move, probably.
Well, the biggest thing I keep telling people and nobody seems to listen to me, but I tell people the hardest thing about learning something by yourself is staying motivated. For some reason, there are a lot of education companies where, you know, at the moment, and of course, this can change the stock market and everything.
Well, the biggest thing I keep telling people and nobody seems to listen to me, but I tell people the hardest thing about learning something by yourself is staying motivated. For some reason, there are a lot of education companies where, you know, at the moment, and of course, this can change the stock market and everything.
Well, the biggest thing I keep telling people and nobody seems to listen to me, but I tell people the hardest thing about learning something by yourself is staying motivated. For some reason, there are a lot of education companies where, you know, at the moment, and of course, this can change the stock market and everything.
But at the moment, we're by a margin, the most valuable education company out there. And the main insight for us is not that we teach better, etc. I do believe we teach better. But the main insight is we keep people learning. And I think that's a big takeaway for Duolingo.
But at the moment, we're by a margin, the most valuable education company out there. And the main insight for us is not that we teach better, etc. I do believe we teach better. But the main insight is we keep people learning. And I think that's a big takeaway for Duolingo.
But at the moment, we're by a margin, the most valuable education company out there. And the main insight for us is not that we teach better, etc. I do believe we teach better. But the main insight is we keep people learning. And I think that's a big takeaway for Duolingo.
My name is Luis Fonan, and I am the CEO and co-founder of Duolingo.
My name is Luis Fonan, and I am the CEO and co-founder of Duolingo.
My name is Luis Fonan, and I am the CEO and co-founder of Duolingo.
Completely automated public Turing test to tell computers and humans apart. It's a mouthful. It's basically a test to distinguish whether you're a human or a computer.
Completely automated public Turing test to tell computers and humans apart. It's a mouthful. It's basically a test to distinguish whether you're a human or a computer.
Completely automated public Turing test to tell computers and humans apart. It's a mouthful. It's basically a test to distinguish whether you're a human or a computer.
I don't know. I don't know if I am humbled, but.
I don't know. I don't know if I am humbled, but.
I don't know. I don't know if I am humbled, but.
You know, I don't know about staying humble, but I mean, there's a lot left to do.
You know, I don't know about staying humble, but I mean, there's a lot left to do.
You know, I don't know about staying humble, but I mean, there's a lot left to do.
Nowadays, computers are about as good as humans at reading historic characters, which is why CAPTCHAs have moved onto basically really blurry images of bicycles or whatever.