Duolingo CEO Luis von Ahn clarified his earlier statements about the company's shift to being an 'AI-first company'. He indicated that the intention was misinterpreted, as the company has never laid off full-time employees. Contract worker numbers have fluctuated based on needs, which is a standard practice. Von Ahn remains optimistic about AI's potential and encourages team experimentation with technology, labeling the team's initiative as 'f-r-A-I-days'. Despite external criticism, the company's financial performance remains strong.
Internally, this was not controversial. Externally, as a publicly traded company some people assume that it's just for profit. Or that we're trying to lay off humans.
From the beginning ... our contractor workforce has gone up and down depending on needs.
Despite the criticism (which does not seem to have made a big impact on Duolingo's bottom line), von Ahn still sounds extremely bullish about A.I.'s potential.
Duolingo team members take every Friday morning to experiment with the technology. It's a bad acronym, f-r-A-I-days.
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