From Google Puppy to Alpha Dog
What happens if you ask Google to compare the GDP of France and Germany, or ask it how many cows were in Vermont each of the last ten years? You may find a web page where someone has posted that information, or you may have to search for several sites and gather the information for yourself, or you may find some references to follow to do some research. Google is fantastic, wonderful, certainly but is not designed for those kinds of questions.
Enter Wolfram Alpha.
Dr. Wolfram, of Mathematica and New Kind of Science fame, is launching a new type of web search engine that combines the symbolic representation and calculating capabilities of Mathematica with natural language processing. Or, to quote: "Fifty years ago, when computers were young, people assumed that they’d quickly be able to handle all these kinds of things. And that one would be able to ask a computer any factual question, and have it compute the answer. But it didn’t work out that way. Computers have been able to do many remarkable and unexpected things. But not that. I’d always thought, though, that eventually it should be possible. And a few years ago, I realized that I was finally in a position to try to do it."
Natural language processing is still in its infant stage and "for example we’re still very far away from having computers systematically understand large volumes of natural language text on the web." So, Alpha begins small with "trillions of pieces of curated data and millions of lines of algorithms."
Read more or watch for the launch later this month, here: http://www.wolframalpha.com/
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Posted by: Wrinkle Cream | June 1, 2009 5:32 AM
This will be an incredible source of information and help to the scholars and researchers to compile huge reports easily. But According to me the data to this level can not be authentic. How we will authenticate the data accuracy.
Posted by: David | July 8, 2009 8:05 AM
I tried out wolfram alpha and it does indeed have it uses. I'm sure Google already has something in the pipeline that does something similar though and with funds and experience they have anything it brings out will supersede wolfram alpha. For now, have a play around on wolfram alpha!
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Posted by: hanyu | November 22, 2009 8:35 PM
I tried out wolfram alpha and it does indeed have it uses. I'm sure Google already has something in the pipeline that does something similar though and with funds and experience they have anything it brings out will supersede wolfram alpha. For now, have a play around on wolfram alpha!
Posted by: diarrhea | November 28, 2009 11:40 AM
Bing is giving it's best shot but not sure it can compete against the Google Gods.
Posted by: links of london | November 30, 2009 2:46 AM
Wolfram Alpha is great. I had try it. Thanks for this post.
Posted by: Nyubi Information | December 5, 2009 8:25 PM
Thanks for getting my attention to Wolfram Alpha!
I've tried it and I can say that I was pleasantly surprised. It's definitely something different from what Google and Co is offering. Google does have some similar functionality with some calculations ( not formulas ), but Wolfram Alpha is more robust and provides a lot of interesting information about your search.
Posted by: auto transport | December 9, 2009 3:53 AM
This is really a great start. Search should be different, and Google's monopoly is not always good effect on the quality of search
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Computers just keep doing more and more. It is amazing.
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Posted by: MelissaAndDoug | January 26, 2010 11:38 AM
Thanks for this info. Will try Wolfram.
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