If AI is so good, why are there still so many jobs for translators? : Planet Money
If you believe the hype, translators will all soon be out of work. Luis von Ahn, CEO and co-founder of the language learning app Duolingo, doesn’t think AI is quite there… yet. In this interview, Greg Rosalsky talks with Luis about AI and how it’s reshaping translation jobs and the language learning industry. We also ask him about headlines earlier this year suggesting Duolingo laid off some of its workers and replaced them with AI.
This is one of Greg’s Behind The Newsletter conversations where he shares his interviews with policy makers, business leaders, and economists who appear in The Planet Money Newsletter.
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