Wolfram Alpha launches tonight

[Kevin McFarlane]

Apologies if repost. Screencast showing it in action - 13 minutes... The demos whizz past but I'd like to see what happens when it gets confused. :) Introducing Wolfram Alpha[^]

Kevin

[0x3c0]

Speaking of confusion, what would happen if someone entered certain forms of innuendos? It would be very embarrassing if a school teacher was to search for cartoon images of rule-breakers and enter 'bad boys and girls' into Wulfrum :omg:

[Lost User]

It's already confused! "Loading Controls NaN %"

[Shog9 0]

If it's even half as cool as that screencast, i'm gonna be wasting massive amounts of time with that thing...

[Gary Wheeler]

Thus begins the singularity[^], if you believe the hype.

Software Zen: delete this;

[Mark_Wallace]

"NaN" = not at night. It's WOLFram, so vampires aren't allowed.

I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!

[Mark_Wallace]

Screw Vinge!!! All he ever did was steal ideas from me! (Actually, he had some very similar ideas, but it's no fun at all to describe it that way.)

I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!

[User of Users Group]

Here's a wild guess: When you type "My", or "My this, my that", you will get a response none other than: "Stephen Wolfram". :)

[Tomz_KV]

Never see something like that. It seems to provide any information you need.

TOMZ_KV

[Kevin McFarlane]

No, it's really just Mathematica in the cloud if you think about it. Impressive and worthwhile but not the singularity.

Kevin

[dighn]

I'll be impressed if it knows the airspeed velocity of an unladen swallow.

[Marc Clifton]

Best website I've ever seen. A completely blank, white, surface. :-D Marc

Will work for food. Interacx

[NetDave]

What's going on? Their "live feed" is still the canned video and they were supposed to launch 30 minutes ago but it's still the same old "Launching May 2009" message on the main page. :confused: [edit]Ah, the live feed is working now. Patience is not my virtue.[/edit]

QRZ? de WAØTTN

[Roger Wright]

Crikey! I finally lived to see it - the day when computers are smarter than humans. This is the first I've heard of the project, and I'm awed by the demo. I can't wait for the awakening... So many questions to ask. I wonder if it knows about '42'? [evil grin]

"A Journey of a Thousand Rest Stops Begins with a Single Movement"