If AI is so good, why are there still so many jobs for translators? : Planet Money : NPR

Should you imagine the hype, translators will all quickly be out of labor. Luis von Ahn, CEO and co-founder of the language studying app Duolingo, would not suppose AI is sort of there… but. On this interview, Greg Rosalsky talks with Luis about AI and the way it’s reshaping translation jobs and the language studying trade. We additionally ask him about headlines earlier this yr suggesting Duolingo laid off a few of its staff and changed them with AI.

That is certainly one of Greg’s Behind The Publication conversations the place he shares his interviews with coverage makers, enterprise leaders, and economists who seem in The Planet Cash Publication.

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