If Duolingo was being started today by a solo developer, and they essentially just created some sort of wrapper over [insert LLM] to be a language tutor, would there be outrage? I suspect not. So, this seems to be more about getting rid of workers than it is about AI.
Would people use it? Probably, and I think it would VERY well - at least in comparison to current options. ChatGPT is a fantastic Spanish tutor (though I'm largely self-taught, through immersion). So, something that actually has some sort of structured curriculum and the LLM assesses your progress, gives guidance, explains why things are the way they are and how they compare (eg particular verb tenses and conjugations, order of words/syntax etc...), could surely be enormously useful. It probably wouldnt even be that hard to open-source some system prompts for a curriculum...
If Duolingo was being started today by a solo developer, and they essentially just created some sort of wrapper over [insert LLM] to be a language tutor, would there be outrage? I suspect not. So, this seems to be more about getting rid of workers than it is about AI.
Would people use it? Probably, and I think it would VERY well - at least in comparison to current options. ChatGPT is a fantastic Spanish tutor (though I'm largely self-taught, through immersion). So, something that actually has some sort of structured curriculum and the LLM assesses your progress, gives guidance, explains why things are the way they are and how they compare (eg particular verb tenses and conjugations, order of words/syntax etc...), could surely be enormously useful. It probably wouldnt even be that hard to open-source some system prompts for a curriculum...