Luis von Ahn
12 statements across 1 episodes · 9 bullish · 0 bearish · 1 people on the record · first statement May 8, 2025 by Luis von Ahn · across every show →
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May 8, 2025 positive
Luis von Ahn: Duolingo models accurately predict user exercise success
“We have a model that can predict whether you're going to get an exercise right or wrong, and we're actually extremely accurate. So when we give you an exercise, we know if you're going to get it right or wrong. We're very accurate.”
May 8, 2025 positive
Notifying inactive users that Duolingo is giving up effectively drives reactivation
“So we started sending this notification the fifth day that said, these reminders don't seem to be working. We're going to stop sending them for now. It turns out this is very powerful at getting people to come back because they feel like we've given up on them…”
May 8, 2025 positive
Two-minute lessons lower activation energy without reducing total time spent
“The first thing that we did that worked was making lessons, not 30 minutes long, but two minutes long. It makes a big difference. And it's not because people were spending less time. It's that Two minutes is amazing because at any point in time, you just think…”
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Luis von Ahn: Education will shift to AI instruction within 20 years
“First of all, I do think that education is going to change over the next, some number of years. I can't say one year, but it's probably less than 20 years. Some things are gonna change. And the reason for that is it's just a lot more scalable to teach with AI …”
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May 8, 2025 positive
Founders' dislike of language learning helped them design for average users
“Neither of us likes learning languages. We actually are not language lovers. We don't like learning languages. And I think because of that, we made a Product that works for the average person, as opposed to for people who are obsessed with learning languages.”
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May 8, 2025 bullish
Generative AI reduces Duolingo artist production from one month to one day
“The artists are still here, but they are going so much faster. What artists could do before in like a month now, they can do in like a day. It's really unleashing their creativity because they're not spending their time on the mechanics of like, is this shadow…”
May 8, 2025 positive
Duolingo's education mission gives it public leeway for risky marketing
“I think it also helps us that we're an education company because, you know, ultimately education, you can't really say that education is bad. It's hard to argue against education. So that allows us to, that allows our marketing to do things where we can't be c…”