Hello all,
Just an interesting observation about WolpramAlpha (vis a vis Google)
from David Weinberger:
"The overall conclusion is, I think, that it's going to take a while for
WA to train us on the sorts of questions it can answer and how best to
ask those questions."
http://www.everythingismiscellaneous.com/2009/05/08/wolframalpha-vs-goog
le/
Oh, the horror! That one would even consider making things so dang hard
for the user. Of course eventually, we will no doubt be able to
directly link our brains into the network and all these difficulties
will be eliminated though. : )
And of course, perhaps since WA uses less real-live people in its
day-to-day functioning, we'll give it a little bit more leeway, right?
Better be gearing up to become more of a machine myself, huh? : )
Nathan Rinne
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Maple Grove MN. 55369
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Received on Mon May 11 2009 - 10:07:08 EDT