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 Read Quote
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 Read Quote
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 Read Quote
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 Read Quote
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 Read Quote
As humanity goes online, it’s becoming an extremely advanced, large-scale processing unit. Luis von Ahn Read Quote
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 Read Quote
I definitely play some games, like Nintendo D.S. or the Wii, and some computer games. Luis von Ahn Read Quote
Basically, I want to make all of humanity more efficient by exploiting the human cycles that get wasted. Luis von Ahn Read Quote
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 Read Quote