Luis Von Ahn

I know that very well. If you were to just ask a computer to do it, It may be inconsistent in different screens. It may be something. So we just want to make sure that it's all consistent, that it has the same voice. same playful voice, et cetera. And so for that, we still employ humans.

Yeah, there's a lot of exaggeration that happened there. I mean, there was all these articles that said we did major layoffs. This is not true. We did not lay off.

Yeah, there's a lot of exaggeration that happened there. I mean, there was all these articles that said we did major layoffs. This is not true. We did not lay off.

Yeah, there's a lot of exaggeration that happened there. I mean, there was all these articles that said we did major layoffs. This is not true. We did not lay off.

Yeah, no, this is just not true. First of all, no full-time employees were affected here. We've had a contractor force of a few hundred contractors. And what happened at the end of last year is we did not renew the contract for some of them because we looked at the work that was going to be required over time. And we just didn't need as many of them.

Yeah, no, this is just not true. First of all, no full-time employees were affected here. We've had a contractor force of a few hundred contractors. And what happened at the end of last year is we did not renew the contract for some of them because we looked at the work that was going to be required over time. And we just didn't need as many of them.

Yeah, no, this is just not true. First of all, no full-time employees were affected here. We've had a contractor force of a few hundred contractors. And what happened at the end of last year is we did not renew the contract for some of them because we looked at the work that was going to be required over time. And we just didn't need as many of them.

It is true that one of the reasons we didn't need as many of them is because some of the stuff that they were doing, we could now automate. But these were, you know, you got to understand this type of worker. I mean, these were not all of them, but a lot of them were people who were working a couple of hours a week from a very remote location.

It is true that one of the reasons we didn't need as many of them is because some of the stuff that they were doing, we could now automate. But these were, you know, you got to understand this type of worker. I mean, these were not all of them, but a lot of them were people who were working a couple of hours a week from a very remote location.

It is true that one of the reasons we didn't need as many of them is because some of the stuff that they were doing, we could now automate. But these were, you know, you got to understand this type of worker. I mean, these were not all of them, but a lot of them were people who were working a couple of hours a week from a very remote location.

And, you know, that type of work is probably a lot more susceptible.

And, you know, that type of work is probably a lot more susceptible.

And, you know, that type of work is probably a lot more susceptible.

for being substituted with ai than somebody who is kind of in the office every day you know doing more creative stuff or anything like that this was you know a lot of that was just kind of stuff so i gotta ask do you have any plans to lay off more contractors or employees and replace them with ai and why or why not no plans no plans for that um what what is true is that we're

for being substituted with ai than somebody who is kind of in the office every day you know doing more creative stuff or anything like that this was you know a lot of that was just kind of stuff so i gotta ask do you have any plans to lay off more contractors or employees and replace them with ai and why or why not no plans no plans for that um what what is true is that we're

for being substituted with ai than somebody who is kind of in the office every day you know doing more creative stuff or anything like that this was you know a lot of that was just kind of stuff so i gotta ask do you have any plans to lay off more contractors or employees and replace them with ai and why or why not no plans no plans for that um what what is true is that we're

You know, we're going to, as a company, and I think most tech companies, we're leaning into AI quite a bit. And we're going to continue doing that. And you know what we're seeing? I'll tell you, I'll give you a really good example of what we're seeing with AI. About five years ago, somebody pitched a feature idea to me, which was basically in the app, some of the lessons.

You know, we're going to, as a company, and I think most tech companies, we're leaning into AI quite a bit. And we're going to continue doing that. And you know what we're seeing? I'll tell you, I'll give you a really good example of what we're seeing with AI. About five years ago, somebody pitched a feature idea to me, which was basically in the app, some of the lessons.

You know, we're going to, as a company, and I think most tech companies, we're leaning into AI quite a bit. And we're going to continue doing that. And you know what we're seeing? I'll tell you, I'll give you a really good example of what we're seeing with AI. About five years ago, somebody pitched a feature idea to me, which was basically in the app, some of the lessons.

You were basically going to see a little animated, kind of like a little two-minute cartoon where you got to listen in the language that you were learning. It was a really cool feature. And then I asked, how long is the data for this going to take to create? Because we need to make the data for basically all the episodes. They said five years. And I said, no, you're crazy.