Shaw Walters: ‘We’re Going to Automate All of the Jobs’

Shaw Walters: ‘We’re Going to Automate All of the Jobs’

Someday you’ll be out of a job. So will I, so will your neighbor, so will your best friend, and so will all of your family. All of our jobs will be automated, thanks to AI. This is the prediction of Shaw Walters (who in Web3 style typically just goes by “Shaw”), founder of Eliza Labs, and creator of ElizaOS.“We’re going to automate all of the jobs. Like, all of the jobs are going to be automated,” says Shaw. “There aren’t going to be any jobs. A…

Duolingo Is Replacing Human Workers With AI

Duo’s gonna be one sad little owl after this. Duolingo’s CEO, Luis von Ahn, shared an email with the company’s employees earlier this week in which he reiterated that Duolingo would begin to shift away from using people to create its language learning courses and instead let AI take on the bulk of developing them. To underscore its commitment to becoming an “AI-first” company, as von Ahn put it, Duolingo just released 148 new AI-developed course…

Duolingo launches 148 courses created with AI after sharing plans to replace contractors with AI

Duolingo is introducing 148 new language courses that were created with generative AI, the company announced on Wednesday. The launch comes as Duolingo

Duolingo now plans to use AI instead of new hires or contractors where possible

But company insists this “isn’t about replacing Duos with AI”

Duolingo under fire for adopting AI-first strategy amid plans to replace contract workers

Duolingo has announced a major transition to an “AI-first” operational model, a move that includes gradually phasing out contract workers in favour of artificial intelligence. The shift, detailed in an internal email from CEO Luis von Ahn and later shared on LinkedIn, sets the tone for a broader transformation in how the language-learning platform delivers content and manages hiring. “AI is already changing how work gets done,” von Ahn wrote. “W…

Duolingo, a major US language learning app, is moving forward with the use of generative AI (artificial intelligence) in the development of its services. Founder and CEO Louis von Ahn said he expects that "engineer productivity will increase by more than tenfold over the next few years." --How do you plan to use AI in language learning apps? "Duolingo is not just for learning languages, it's also for learning math and music. In math, we're using…