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Luis Von Ahn Quotes

I am an early riser, and always wake up between 5 and 6am Picture Quote #1

Game design is a funny thing. There are people out there who are really good at it, but it’s not clear that they can teach it. It’s a very intuitive process. It’s an art Picture Quote #1

I co-founded Duolingo with the mission of bringing free language education to the world Picture Quote #1

It’s hard to think of a time when I’m not working, but when that is the case, I like to travel and eat good food Picture Quote #1

I am always able to keep a laser focus on one thing at a time without getting distracted. It helps that I try to break everything I do into small, achievable tasks Picture Quote #1

My ultimate research goal is to transform our human existence to just eating, sleeping, drinking, playing - nevermind Picture Quote #1

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I worked on a number of projects that were used by millions of people and that also served as inspiration to what we now call crowd-sourcing Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

Because education is such a broad area, I chose to focus on language learning Picture Quote #1

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? Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

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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 Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

I definitely play some games, like Nintendo D.S. or the Wii, and some computer games Picture Quote #1

I put a lot of weight on feelings and am weirdly in touch with them, which is not typical for an engineer Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

My first computer was a Commodore 64. I got it as a present from my mom when I was eight years old, and all I wanted to do with that computer was play games Picture Quote #1

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Game design is a funny thing. There are people out there who are really good at it, but it’s not clear that they can teach it. It’s a very intuitive process. It’s an art Picture Quote #1

People are good at figuring out what’s attractive, and computers are good at quickly searching and finding. You put them together, and bang! Picture Quote #1

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I am an early riser, and always wake up between 5 and 6am (Luis Von Ahn Quotes) Game design is a funny thing. There are people out there who are really good at it, but it’s not clear that they can teach it. It’s a very intuitive process. It’s an art. (Luis Von Ahn Quotes) I co-founded Duolingo with the mission of bringing free language education to the world (Luis Von Ahn Quotes) It’s hard to think of a time when I’m not working, but when that is the case, I like to travel and eat good food. (Luis Von Ahn Quotes) I am always able to keep a laser focus on one thing at a time without getting distracted. It helps that I try to break everything I do into small, achievable tasks. (Luis Von Ahn Quotes) My ultimate research goal is to transform our human existence to just eating, sleeping, drinking, playing - nevermind. (Luis Von Ahn Quotes) I worked on a number of projects that were used by millions of people and that also served as inspiration to what we now call crowd-sourcing. (Luis Von Ahn Quotes) 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 Quotes) 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 Quotes) Because education is such a broad area, I chose to focus on language learning (Luis Von Ahn Quotes) 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 Quotes) 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 Quotes) 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 Quotes) 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 Quotes) I definitely play some games, like Nintendo D.S. or the Wii, and some computer games (Luis Von Ahn Quotes) 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 Quotes) 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 Quotes) My first computer was a Commodore 64. I got it as a present from my mom when I was eight years old, and all I wanted to do with that computer was play games (Luis Von Ahn Quotes) Game design is a funny thing. There are people out there who are really good at it, but it’s not clear that they can teach it. It’s a very intuitive process. It’s an art (Luis Von Ahn Quotes) 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 Quotes)