Luis Von Ahn

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.

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.

We're not going to make that feature. I don't want to spend five years on this. This is ridiculous. About a year ago, that same person came back to me and basically said, hey, we can do that. But the data now takes like three months to make. With AI. There's some human involvement, but it takes like three months to make with AI. And then I'm like, sure, just do it.

We're not going to make that feature. I don't want to spend five years on this. This is ridiculous. About a year ago, that same person came back to me and basically said, hey, we can do that. But the data now takes like three months to make. With AI. There's some human involvement, but it takes like three months to make with AI. And then I'm like, sure, just do it.

We're not going to make that feature. I don't want to spend five years on this. This is ridiculous. About a year ago, that same person came back to me and basically said, hey, we can do that. But the data now takes like three months to make. With AI. There's some human involvement, but it takes like three months to make with AI. And then I'm like, sure, just do it.

And you know what's beautiful about it? Not only can you do it in three months as opposed to five years, even if you mess up and you do it in three months and at the end you don't love the outcome, you can redo it. And it'll only take three months. So you can do it and mess up and do it again and still do it way faster than five years.

And you know what's beautiful about it? Not only can you do it in three months as opposed to five years, even if you mess up and you do it in three months and at the end you don't love the outcome, you can redo it. And it'll only take three months. So you can do it and mess up and do it again and still do it way faster than five years.

And you know what's beautiful about it? Not only can you do it in three months as opposed to five years, even if you mess up and you do it in three months and at the end you don't love the outcome, you can redo it. And it'll only take three months. So you can do it and mess up and do it again and still do it way faster than five years.

That's the type of stuff that you're seeing where things just, by the way, we're still going to need the humans. We're just going to be able to do way more and way cheaper. The things that we just couldn't do before.

That's the type of stuff that you're seeing where things just, by the way, we're still going to need the humans. We're just going to be able to do way more and way cheaper. The things that we just couldn't do before.

That's the type of stuff that you're seeing where things just, by the way, we're still going to need the humans. We're just going to be able to do way more and way cheaper. The things that we just couldn't do before.

Yeah, the productivity is like 10x. And that's more the direction we're going to go. We're going to lean into AI quite a bit, but we're just going to be doing things that before were just prohibitive because they were going to require a thousand people working for years. Whereas now 20 people working for a few months can do what was required before.

Yeah, the productivity is like 10x. And that's more the direction we're going to go. We're going to lean into AI quite a bit, but we're just going to be doing things that before were just prohibitive because they were going to require a thousand people working for years. Whereas now 20 people working for a few months can do what was required before.

Yeah, the productivity is like 10x. And that's more the direction we're going to go. We're going to lean into AI quite a bit, but we're just going to be doing things that before were just prohibitive because they were going to require a thousand people working for years. Whereas now 20 people working for a few months can do what was required before.

So I think on our end, that's probably more what you're going to see.

So I think on our end, that's probably more what you're going to see.

So I think on our end, that's probably more what you're going to see.

Oh, since the beginning. I mean, when we launched Duolingo, we knew that we wanted to have a computer that was going to teach you. So we didn't want to have humans teach you. We wanted to have computers. So from the beginning, we were using AI. Now, of course, AI has gotten a completely different... and definition in the last couple of years because of large language models.

Oh, since the beginning. I mean, when we launched Duolingo, we knew that we wanted to have a computer that was going to teach you. So we didn't want to have humans teach you. We wanted to have computers. So from the beginning, we were using AI. Now, of course, AI has gotten a completely different... and definition in the last couple of years because of large language models.

Oh, since the beginning. I mean, when we launched Duolingo, we knew that we wanted to have a computer that was going to teach you. So we didn't want to have humans teach you. We wanted to have computers. So from the beginning, we were using AI. Now, of course, AI has gotten a completely different... and definition in the last couple of years because of large language models.