Skeptics remain. Teachers' unions argue that pedagogy is more than flashcards; von Ahn counters that the coming disruption "is a mind shift," not a pink-slip apocalypse. With 116 million monthly users ...

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Luis von Ahn, founder and CEO of language-learning app Duolingo, seems to think so. He added that we'll likely soon see AI take over teachers in classrooms — maybe even in the next few years.