By blogosphere-standards, this is merely a Jonny-come-lately blog post.

To most others, WolframAlpha is new, and it is now live.

I’ve had many a Deep Thought in the past about SkyNet, The Matrix, and other forms of evolving A.I., so I was eager to see where we are now.

Below are my walk-throughs:

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Q:  How many roads must a man walk down?

A:  The answer, my friend, is blowing in the wind.

 

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Q: What is the ultimate answer to life, the universe, and everything?

A: 42

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LOL - the query "semantics" presents the exact same results as "What are semantics."  More than just a little bit of Geek-irony in that.

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Ask Wolfy about GOOG (or any company for that matter), and an incredible thing happens.  Check it all out.

http://www94.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=google

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Wolfram is awesome, but don’t ask it to make any predictions:

Q:  Can WolframAlpha make predictions?

A:  Wolfram|Alpha isn’t sure what to do with your input.

 

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Q:  What is WolframAlpha?

A:  A computational knowledge engine

 

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Q: What is a computational knowledge engine?

A: Me

 

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Q: What is ME?

A: State of Maine

 

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Q: Who am I?

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Makes me wonder.  What would be the ultimate question?

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