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If your sneer seems higher quality than you thought, feel free to cut’n’paste it into its own post — there’s no quota for posting and the bar really isn’t that high.
The post Xitter web has spawned soo many “esoteric” right wing freaks, but there’s no appropriate sneer-space for them. I’m talking redscare-ish, reality challenged “culture critics” who write about everything but understand nothing. I’m talking about reply-guys who make the same 6 tweets about the same 3 subjects. They’re inescapable at this point, yet I don’t see them mocked (as much as they should be)
Like, there was one dude a while back who insisted that women couldn’t be surgeons because they didn’t believe in the moon or in stars? I think each and every one of these guys is uniquely fucked up and if I can’t escape them, I would love to sneer at them.
(Credit and/or blame to David Gerard for starting this.)
Duolingo CEO says AI is a better teacher than humans—but schools will still exist ‘because you still need childcare’
It's wild for the CEO of an edutainment company to have this much disdain for for teachers.
Oh god, so many horror quotes in there.
...and that's why I try to avoid using smartphone apps as much as possible.
How about common sense..
Ugh. So terrible. Tech's obsession with "scaling" is one of the worst things about tech.
No, it cannot. It's a statistical model, it cannot give attention to anything or anyone, what are you talking about.
Did this person ever have a good teacher in their life
Aaaarrgh. Tech's obsession with A/B testing is another one of the worst things about tech.
Ok I stop here now, there's more, almost every paragraph contains something horrible.
Not really. If schools aren't spending as much on teachers, they have more budget to spend on his slop. This way, he has a narrative for hitting the doubtlessly ridiculous future growth projections someone in his position is compelled to peddle.