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Chatting with the Machine

Chatting with the Machine

Released Thursday, 31st March 2022
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Chatting with the Machine

Chatting with the Machine

Chatting with the Machine

Chatting with the Machine

Thursday, 31st March 2022
 2 people rated this episode
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Luis von Ahn is the founder and CEO of the language app DuoLingo. His problem: How do you teach people to speak a language -- really speak it -- using only an iPhone app?


On the surface, DuoLingo looks warm and fuzzy. Underneath the hood, it's a serious tech company built on artificial intelligence. But the best machine learning in the world still isn't good enough to really teach people how to fluently speak in a new language. Luis is trying to change that.


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