25 Quotes by Luis von Ahn

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.

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?

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.

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

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

My ultimate research goal is to transform our human existence to just eating, sleeping, drinking, playing - nevermind.

The current business model for language education is the student pays — in particular, the student pays Rosetta Stone $500. The problem with this business model is that 95 percent of the world’s population doesn’t have $500.

Every time you buy tickets on Ticketmaster, you help to digitize a book.

[Captchas] are not only annoying, but they kill 10 seconds of your time.