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[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 hours ago (1 children)

I am strongly pro-AI, but right now I would say it's not as good as a one-on-one experience with a knowledgeable human teacher. A human teacher can still see where you are struggling and help you work through the difficulty. Right now AI can belch out a correct answer, even write entire essays and computer programs, but can't as easily work with you one and one, read your body language, see the confusion in your eyes, and help you understand the thing you don't understand.

But it will happen. Eventually we will get AI-powered androids. I can't wait for the day I get my fembot, with a body built for loving and a head full of all the knowledge of the internet, able to teach me anything I want, help me with my studies, teach me new skills, and also cook and clean. Life will drastically change for the better for all us miserable antisocials, social rejects, and autists.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 5 hours ago (2 children)

If, IF that were to happen so you think the average person would be able to afford an android maid/sex slave? Because if you think so I have a bridge to sell you.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 hours ago (1 children)

Can I also have sex with this bridge?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 hours ago

Sure. Gonna cost you extra, though.

[–] [email protected] -3 points 4 hours ago (1 children)

Right now I can't afford a car. The USA is over 30 trillion dollars in debt and can't provide quality employment for its own citizens, yet keeps importing illegals in mass because our business owners are desperate to exploit people for less than minimum wage.

We're heading towards a collapse at full speed, with or without AI. I think a collapse is necessary. The current system so completely corrupt and self-serving and causes so much harm for the majority of our citizens that I think the best thing to do is burn it to the ground and start over with something different.

All I can say, is that I take note that humans seem inherently unable to govern themselves effectively. Our history is a long line of failed nations and we have never built a government that won't collapse into bloody revolution. We have never built an economy that won't concentrate all wealth into the hands of a despot or oligarch, and we have never had truly compassionate government that actually cares about the people. Nor do I think we have ever had true representative government, and that every republic has worn the veil of democracy all the while empowering a class of super-wealthy oligarchs.

I think there is merit in creating a new government run by AI. No emotion, no greed, no smug self-entitlement. No scorn for the lower classes. No institutionalized classism. A government run by entities that operate according to pure reason. It would be the closest thing to Plato's original vision for a society run by philosophers.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 3 hours ago (1 children)

OK, but what exactly does that have to do with what I said?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 hours ago

the part about people being able to afford things?

[–] [email protected] 9 points 8 hours ago (5 children)

is there an alternative to duolingo that lets me learn multiple languages for a decent price? Rosetta stone was great and all, but i ain't got 100 bucks to shell out for each language i want to half-assedly learn.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 6 hours ago

I just dumped Duolingo after this AI bullshit and am testing Mango Languages. So far I like it, but it is way different than Duolingo. Way less gamified and more focused on speaking. Plus, it gives cultural context to certain phrases that don't literally translate, which I find interesting and valuable. if you are in the US, your library might offer a free subscription with your library card.

[–] [email protected] -2 points 6 hours ago

Nope, there are no ways to learn a language other than using an online service. Any other way is deemed impossible

[–] [email protected] 4 points 8 hours ago (1 children)

I heard a positive remark on Lemmy about https://www.languagetransfer.org/ recently and have been meaning to have a look

[–] [email protected] 2 points 6 hours ago

Absolutely love language transfer. At least for Greek it was great, the founder Mihalis is a British Cypriot.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 8 hours ago

Pimsleur. It's very different than Duolingo, in that it is almost entirely audio-based. However, at least in my experience, it actually gets you to the point of speaking and understanding a language much more rapidly than Duolingo. Way, way less gamified though. It expects you to put in half an hour a day where you just concentrate on the lesson.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 8 hours ago

You may want to check and see what your local library offers for language learning services, some provide Rosetta Stone to card holders free.

[–] [email protected] 40 points 9 hours ago* (last edited 9 hours ago)
  1. Company replaces humans with AI.

  2. Consumers notice a drop in quality and stop using the product

  3. CEO makes controversial public statements about AI and his product to get into the news.

Okay buddy, that's one way of telling people that your doubling down on your mistake.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 9 hours ago

Depends what you want kids to learn.

Propaganda, yes; everything else, no...

[–] [email protected] 10 points 9 hours ago

In other news: AI is a better human than Duolingo CEO

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