Von Ahn: Chatbots Work for Language Learning but Not for Math
Luis von Ahn · 20VC: Duolingo's Luis von Ahn on How CEO's Can Scale With The Company, How VC Herd Mentality In The Valley Really Works and How Chatbots & AI Play A Role In The Future of EdTech · Oct 13, 2017 · at 9:05
Luis von Ahn, co-founder and CEO of Duolingo, shares his view on why chatbot interfaces are uniquely effective for learning languages compared to other subjects.
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“I don't think it's all that useful to have something like teaching math where you have a chatbot because the conversation is not the real element. You know, you're somehow trying to teach math. Whereas in languages, you're trying to teach the conversation. So I think, you know, that's the main course here. And I think that's why, you know, chatbots and language learning are really a natural for that to happen.”
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