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ScienceIO founder Will Manidis argues AI has not accelerated human language learning over the past three years

An engineer countered that language acquisition has surged for AI.

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OPWill Manidis#1039Will Manidis@WILLMANIDIS

its genuinely shocking to me that we haven't made giant strides in language acquisition due to ai. it doesn't feel dramatically easier/faster to learn a new language than it was 24-36 months ago. why?

11:30 AM · May 29, 2026 View on X
QUOTE POST“paula”#1702“paula”@PAULARAMBLES

language acquisition has been going great, just not for us

Will ManidisWill Manidis@WillManidis

its genuinely shocking to me that we haven't made giant strides in language acquisition due to ai. it doesn't feel dramatically easier/faster to learn a new language than it was 24-36 months ago. why?

6:30 PM · May 29, 2026 · 162.8K Views
1:07 AM · May 30, 2026 · 2.2K Views