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Members of the Wolfram|Alpha development team give insight on what goes into building a system like Wolfram|Alpha and how exciting it is to be a part of the project.
See Part 1 here.
It is quite elitist to imply that users haven’t heard of the metric system.
Thanks for sharing/showing who has been working on W/A. It means a lot to me to hear real people rather than a faceless logo. 😉 Please continue this human picture of W/A. 😉 Perhaps once a month a long interview can be done with a person, not just the key folks.
Btw, please add support for showing how answers/solutions was done for math stuff in Mathematica 8. Steps how you got the answer/solution is just as important, something called proofs. 😉
Keep it up.
Look, the font size is small and so typing : than ; was hard to see well. Gezz, give me a break. Having a button array or popup to enter smileys would help. I only sought to be positive in the posting.
Hi!
As a developer myself I have a question which I would like to get answered. Why do you use pictures for your results? I find this to be extremly annoying. When I find a word which I don’t know I mark it with the mouse and then via a shortcut google it. Why don’t you do it the natural way and let the browser handle text? I hope you will answer my question.
Regards
Thomas
W|A should become the [bold underline italic] reference tool for all digital knowledge. I hope so. Everyone using the same source for facts is an awesome idea! But the stress has to be on facts. Beware the outdated fanatical ideological forces that still hang around in the 21st century!
W|A is a bright star in the darkness. Shine on …
… while resisting the [bold underline italic] new fanatical ideological forces of the 21st century. Like WikiData.
Great video(but short,only 8 min ??!!!),i liked those explanations and it`t great that we have the opportunity to meet people behinde WA.
Excellent stuff guys. I’d love to see a more level playing field in the information search and retrieval industry.
Will do all I can to support you and your efforts.
would love to actually use it in the lab, but am still awaiting log in. any word on when this might be possible? best wishes.
Not related to the thread that much …
Seems I found a way to crash the system:
http://www42.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=0%2C1%2C2%2C3%2C7
Array of 0,1,2,3,7 is too hard a question for it …
Tried it 10 times at different hours and got the “I’m sorry Dave” message.
Regards,
Henri
I’ll paraphrase the pillars:
1. Data
2. Algorithms
3. Linguistics
4. Presentation
I’d like to see development of the mutual interaction between 3 and 4 to accelerate mutual learning by the user and W|A. I’ll cite one simple example. In my random experiments, W|A often presents pods with clickable options for assumptions (e.g. technology field) or output form (e.g. units.) The user should be able to preselect these options by inclusion of appropriate keywords in the query string. I keep wanting to reach for Option-> without having to sweat the precise details. The fact that it may take a couple of tries to find what works wouldn’t be an obstacle to a motivated user.
I’m not suggesting imposition of a superstructure onto what’s supposed to be natural language, but somehow particular needs of the user ought to be expressible and understandable.
It only takes three pillars to provide solid support for a structure, so minimizing one doesn’t detract from ultimate value. For example, if the user somehow can ask for a presentation that consists of a single number, maybe expressed in certain units, she ought to be able to get it.
I also will paraphrase::-
W|A is a simulated scientist. Within 10 years It will know all reliable data
including all reliable ways of combining that data.
It will have the abiliity to understand any question posed by any human
and will give the answer iin a way that that human can understand.
I Dont like this website and the guy (andrew at the top of the page he NOT she my bad) with the winky faces has a todally diffrent option then me but not to say he wrong or anythings but he is no offence. BUT THIS WEBSITE IS NOT KOOL. STOP GIVING BEST WISHES (tom at the bottum of the page) WELL NOW BACK TO GOOGLE CUZ THIS SUCKS!
good one you your right this website is shit and didnt answer any of my questions
Seriously. You really think you can harness all knowledge via the internet? Laughable.
By the way, your system turned up NOTHING for these simple queries:
How many dial up BBS systems are still online
How many americans kill their parents
That’s pretty sad.
You should give up, as knowledge and fact are not something you can pretend to capture entirely, and is subjective.
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