People are good at figuring out what's attractive, and computers are good at quickly searching and finding. You put them together, and bang! Luis von Ahn attractivebangcomputer Change image and share on social
When I found out that I had won the MacArthur Fellowship, I had been a professor at Carnegie Mellon for a week. I probably shouldn't be saying this on TV, but I stopped worrying about tenure. Luis von Ahn carnegiefellowshipfind Change image and share on social
I have multiple ideas per day, all the time. The vast majority of these are completely idiotic. Usually, I just sit on the idea for several months. And if I have not decided that it's idiotic, then it's... might be a good idea. Luis von Ahn completelydaydecide share on social
I definitely play some games, like Nintendo D.S. or the Wii, and some computer games. Luis von Ahn computergamenintendo Change image and share on social
The basic idea of Games With a Purpose is that we are taking a problem that computers cannot yet solve, and we are getting people to solve it for us while they are playing a game. Luis von Ahn basiccomputergame Change image and share on social
I watch a lot of TV. That's how I spend most of my time outside of work. If I had more time, I would fill it 100 percent with watching TV. Luis von Ahn filllotpercent Change image and share on social
Our team at Duolingo is really cohesive, but this did not just happen. I made a concerted effort to hire people who are going to play nice. Luis von Ahn cohesiveconcertedduolingo Change image and share on social
I put a lot of weight on feelings and am weirdly in touch with them, which is not typical for an engineer. Luis von Ahn engineerfeelinglot Change image and share on social
Science fiction has done a really good job of scaring us into thinking that computers shouldn't get too smart, because as soon as they get really smart, they're going to take over the world and kill us, or something like that. But why would they do that? Luis von Ahn computerfictiongood share on social
As humanity goes online, it's becoming an extremely advanced, large-scale processing unit. Luis von Ahn advanceextremelyhumanity Change image and share on social
