# @fastcompany on Instagram

- **Type:** Video
- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/DOtaYNpAGa_
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/34704288-fastcompany-instagram
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- **Posted:** 2025-09-17T16:11:15.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** Fast Company (@fastcompany) — https://gondola.cc/fastcompany

## Caption

When it comes to learning a new language, duolingo CEO Luis von Ahn says the best practices comes from face-to-face, in-person conversation. And yet, he points out the reluctance many people have when it comes to these real-life interactions.

"It turns out that like 90% of the world's population just does not want to speak with another person that is a stranger in a language that they're not comfortable with."

But with AI, there's a way to change that, by way of talking to an animated character to circumvent the shyness behind talking to strangers. #FCFestival

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