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Luis Von Ahn

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Planet Money
If AI is so good, why are there still so many jobs for translators?

And now at least I'm getting pretty good at Spanish. Those people are going to continue doing so because it's a hobby again. I mean, people are doing chess as a hobby, even though computers have been better than humans at chess for the last 20 years. So that's kind of one big group of people. And the other big group of people is people learning English for a number of reasons.

Planet Money
If AI is so good, why are there still so many jobs for translators?

Not only is it for possible education opportunities or employment opportunities, but it's just even to get around. I mean, if you go to many other countries, this is true in many Latin American countries, a lot of stuff is just in English. And like ads are in English and stuff like that. And people just want to say, well, you know. Yeah, music. So English is a unique language in that respect.

Planet Money
If AI is so good, why are there still so many jobs for translators?

Not only is it for possible education opportunities or employment opportunities, but it's just even to get around. I mean, if you go to many other countries, this is true in many Latin American countries, a lot of stuff is just in English. And like ads are in English and stuff like that. And people just want to say, well, you know. Yeah, music. So English is a unique language in that respect.

Planet Money
If AI is so good, why are there still so many jobs for translators?

Not only is it for possible education opportunities or employment opportunities, but it's just even to get around. I mean, if you go to many other countries, this is true in many Latin American countries, a lot of stuff is just in English. And like ads are in English and stuff like that. And people just want to say, well, you know. Yeah, music. So English is a unique language in that respect.

Planet Money
If AI is so good, why are there still so many jobs for translators?

Because it is the lingua franca, etc. People actually, honest to God, want to learn English. And that's the other big chunk of our users. So, you know, historically, we just have not been concerned about this.

Planet Money
If AI is so good, why are there still so many jobs for translators?

Because it is the lingua franca, etc. People actually, honest to God, want to learn English. And that's the other big chunk of our users. So, you know, historically, we just have not been concerned about this.

Planet Money
If AI is so good, why are there still so many jobs for translators?

Because it is the lingua franca, etc. People actually, honest to God, want to learn English. And that's the other big chunk of our users. So, you know, historically, we just have not been concerned about this.

Planet Money
If AI is so good, why are there still so many jobs for translators?

I'm mostly optimistic. I'm mostly optimistic, but I am anxious. And I think the anxiety comes from the fact that it's just really hard to know what will happen and how fast it will happen. And in addition to that, I can see a place where maybe the end thing will be really good. Imagine we have AI can do everything, et cetera, whatever you want.

Planet Money
If AI is so good, why are there still so many jobs for translators?

I'm mostly optimistic. I'm mostly optimistic, but I am anxious. And I think the anxiety comes from the fact that it's just really hard to know what will happen and how fast it will happen. And in addition to that, I can see a place where maybe the end thing will be really good. Imagine we have AI can do everything, et cetera, whatever you want.

Planet Money
If AI is so good, why are there still so many jobs for translators?

I'm mostly optimistic. I'm mostly optimistic, but I am anxious. And I think the anxiety comes from the fact that it's just really hard to know what will happen and how fast it will happen. And in addition to that, I can see a place where maybe the end thing will be really good. Imagine we have AI can do everything, et cetera, whatever you want.

Planet Money
If AI is so good, why are there still so many jobs for translators?

And the end thing is, well, we just have a life of leisure. Maybe that's the end thing. It's great. I worry that the transition may not be so good, especially if it's very fast, because it may be the case that a lot of people could lose their job. It's that I just don't know. My sense is that what we probably want is probably a slower transition rather than a faster transition.

Planet Money
If AI is so good, why are there still so many jobs for translators?

And the end thing is, well, we just have a life of leisure. Maybe that's the end thing. It's great. I worry that the transition may not be so good, especially if it's very fast, because it may be the case that a lot of people could lose their job. It's that I just don't know. My sense is that what we probably want is probably a slower transition rather than a faster transition.

Planet Money
If AI is so good, why are there still so many jobs for translators?

And the end thing is, well, we just have a life of leisure. Maybe that's the end thing. It's great. I worry that the transition may not be so good, especially if it's very fast, because it may be the case that a lot of people could lose their job. It's that I just don't know. My sense is that what we probably want is probably a slower transition rather than a faster transition.

Planet Money
If AI is so good, why are there still so many jobs for translators?

And it's taken a long time. The good news is that even with things that are clearly obvious, societies take a while to change. Even with things that are like, we just all agree that this is the right thing to do. It just takes years. And so I think in general, if you give humanity, you know, a couple of decades of notice that I think we'll probably figure it out.

Planet Money
If AI is so good, why are there still so many jobs for translators?

And it's taken a long time. The good news is that even with things that are clearly obvious, societies take a while to change. Even with things that are like, we just all agree that this is the right thing to do. It just takes years. And so I think in general, if you give humanity, you know, a couple of decades of notice that I think we'll probably figure it out.

Planet Money
If AI is so good, why are there still so many jobs for translators?

And it's taken a long time. The good news is that even with things that are clearly obvious, societies take a while to change. Even with things that are like, we just all agree that this is the right thing to do. It just takes years. And so I think in general, if you give humanity, you know, a couple of decades of notice that I think we'll probably figure it out.

Planet Money
If AI is so good, why are there still so many jobs for translators?

But I do worry about a short transition because, you know, if a lot of people lose their job at the same time, particularly, you know, this is kind of this is all this research in large groups of unemployed young males leads to basically war. You kind of don't want that. You know, as long as that doesn't happen, I think we'll be OK.

Planet Money
If AI is so good, why are there still so many jobs for translators?

But I do worry about a short transition because, you know, if a lot of people lose their job at the same time, particularly, you know, this is kind of this is all this research in large groups of unemployed young males leads to basically war. You kind of don't want that. You know, as long as that doesn't happen, I think we'll be OK.

Planet Money
If AI is so good, why are there still so many jobs for translators?

But I do worry about a short transition because, you know, if a lot of people lose their job at the same time, particularly, you know, this is kind of this is all this research in large groups of unemployed young males leads to basically war. You kind of don't want that. You know, as long as that doesn't happen, I think we'll be OK.

Planet Money
If AI is so good, why are there still so many jobs for translators?

Thank you, Greg. Thank you.