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11 JUN 2009
WolframAlpha — A Philosophical Flyover
A post by Sean Fenlon as Technology
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Sean FenlonBy 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:
SPF
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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?
SPF
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This explains a lot: http://venturebeat.com/2009/08/21/microsoft-taps-wolfram-to-make-bing-geekier-than-google/