Luis von Ahn says criticism over strategy change shows ‘anxiety’ about technology replacing jobs
Motherfucker, you're the one that fired slews of employees to be replaced by text-prediction algorithms. It's not "anxiety", you're fucking doing it.
this post was submitted on 08 Jun 2025
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AI could easily replace ceos
Because ceos habe lost all their touch with reality (if they ever had any)
Well prime example of a ceo making a stupid ass mistake. He should be replaced and bonuses removed.
A serious three-step questionnaire for any subscription service considering AI:
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Could your paid centralized service be accomplished by free local models?
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Yes it could.
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Don't ruin your thing with cloud AI bullshit.
It's hardly surprising that these people are out of touch when they're constantly surrounded in a bubble of yes-men, cultish AI sycophants, VC investors and other "dark enlightenment" enthusiasts.
It's a pathology, really. A kind of shared delusion in service of global capital.
I work for an AI company and even we thought what he said was stupid. I hope he gets what he deserves...but unfortunately I don't know if that's how capitalism in America works as of late.
Anti-human little creep, I uninstalled and cancelled my subscription as soon as I heard the news
”I’m out of touch with reality” - another dipshit rich guy.
He vomited an assumption on how people would react, and acted on it. The outcome of his actions proved the assumption wrong. At this stage, a sane / rational person would step back and say "...perhaps I should inform myself". But no, this bloody muppet had to vomit yet another assumption - why their reaction was negative. *rolls eyes*
That's a plain and simple admission that you are incompetent at your job. You should resign not post puff pieces at FT...
I feel like the only job AI would be better suited at would be CEO.
I mean, they take in current hype, change a few words and then regurgitate it with slightly different words.
Nah let him keep it longer. I think the company sales can go lower
Way to reinforce the stereotype, out-of-touch rich dude. Most people who actually work for a living see no benefit from AI, and resent it being shoved into every single product, whether it makes sense or not. Oh well, at least you can burn boatloads of VC money while also destroying the environment and abusing intellectual property to train it!
Somewhat related, I just started Spanish lessons using Language Transfer. Fewer bells and whistles but it’s human centric.
For my money (and I do donate every month to Language Transfer, because all the content is completely free) this is the best system for actually learning to use a language, as opposed to memorizing words and phrases.
You can do it with YouTube audio, SoundCloud MP3s, or the convenient app that does what it needs to without any extra bells in whistles.
shows 'anxiety' about technology replacing jobs
No, it’s because over the last few years you’ve made your app progressively worse and worse. Almost the entire time I’ve been using this app I’ve seen it get worse and worse. And it’s clear that your push for AI has made it a more boring way to learn.
Look at his old amas on Reddit to see what kind of guy he is. He's always been a prick.
I looked through a few pages worth of his comments (in English and Spanish) and I didn't pick up on that. Was there a particular response you were thinking about, or might it have been something that is now deleted?
Around the time they switched to more gamified pathing about two years ago he did not respond well to valid criticisms by people with disabilities in one of those AMAs and it is a major reason why I quit. I will have to dig when I'm on a PC. There were several posts on that subreddit on that topic around that time. I'm not sure if they are still there.
Ok, I think I found it then:
How do you respond to the idea that the new path is much more difficult for neurodivergent individuals to use?
Respectfully, I personally do not agree with this criticism, even though I've heard it before. Anecdotal evidence is one thing, but even in this thread there are a lot of neurodivergent individuals who prefer the path.
How do you feel about the criticism of the new path in terms of overall user experience?
We read it all, and have made a number of changes based on the feedback. However, as I said above the new path is better for usage and we also believe it is on average better for learning, since the in the previous layout people spent a lot of time redoing the lessons they already knew only to extend their streak or compete in the leaderboards, while in the new path the vast majority of lessons actually teach people.
What do you think about the decline in stock value since the new path was implemented? Or is the timeframe too short for you to draw meaningful conclusions?
I like the conspiracy theory :) Given that all metrics are equal or better in the new path, I can't imagine this is related (the stock market has been doing weird things in the last several months, especially for tech companies).
Yea, that is part of it anyway. If you notice, he hasn't done one since lol. The app got increasingly more terrible anyway, such is enshittification.
The Tech CEO Bubble is real and one of the most harmful, even if it doesn't get talked about like our respective political bubbles, geographical bubbles, etc. I believe he was actually that deluded that people were as hyped about AI replacing workers as he was.
It isn't exclusive to the CEOs. It is really just the big tech giants in general
Business majors have been allowed free reign for too long, we must unite against the enemy within, in this manifesto I will
Then you're a fucking idiot, anyone could see it coming.
“I have too much money!”
“I think much too highly of myself!”
“I’m a complete bastard!”
~~I could not correctly predict that most of this is hype and got delusional thinking I could make some quick bucks~~ PEOPLE ARE AFRAID OF TECHNOLOGY
As usual tech obsessives are completely disconnected from the general population.
Lol what a gimp
Get the name of my image editor out of your mouth
Lol what an MS Paint