Comments on: Wolfram Alpha — it’s like plugging into an electronic brain http://venturebeat.com/2009/03/08/wolfram-alpha-its-like-plugging-into-an-electronic-brain/ News About Tech, Money and Innovation Mon, 23 Nov 2009 07:11:08 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: xxooxx http://venturebeat.com/2009/03/08/wolfram-alpha-its-like-plugging-into-an-electronic-brain/comment-page-1/#comment-903026 xxooxx Fri, 13 Nov 2009 11:26:31 +0000 http://venturebeat.com/?p=104842#comment-903026 Laptop Battery <a title="Laptop Battery" href="http://www.laptopbatteryclub.com" rel="dofollow" rel="nofollow"><strong>Laptop Battery</strong></a> Laptop Batteries<br><a title="Laptop Batteries" href="http://www.laptopbatteryclub.com" rel="dofollow" rel="nofollow"><strong>Laptop Batteries</strong></a> discount laptop battery<br><a title="discount laptop battery" href="http://www.laptopbatteryclub.com" rel="dofollow" rel="nofollow"><strong>discount laptop battery</strong></a> <br><a title="notebook battery" href="http://www.laptopbatteryclub.com" rel="dofollow" rel="nofollow"><strong>notebook battery</strong></a> notebook battery<br><a title="computer battery" href="http://www.laptopbatteryclub.com" rel="dofollow" rel="nofollow"><strong>computer battery</strong></a> computer battery<br><a title="replacement laptop battery" href="http://www.laptopbatteryclub.com" rel="dofollow" rel="nofollow"><strong>replacement laptop battery</strong></a> replacement laptop battery<br><a title="notebook batteries" href="http://www.laptopbatteryclub.com" rel="dofollow" rel="nofollow"><strong>notebook batteries</strong></a> notebook batteries Laptop Battery Laptop Battery Laptop Batteries
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]]> By: Michael http://venturebeat.com/2009/03/08/wolfram-alpha-its-like-plugging-into-an-electronic-brain/comment-page-1/#comment-858269 Michael Fri, 08 May 2009 19:24:18 +0000 http://venturebeat.com/?p=104842#comment-858269 This is really cool , thank you for sharing ,<br><br>Funky Monkey , <br><br><a href="http://telcomworld.com" rel="nofollow">http://telcomworld.com</a> This is really cool , thank you for sharing ,

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]]> By: Vincent X http://venturebeat.com/2009/03/08/wolfram-alpha-its-like-plugging-into-an-electronic-brain/comment-page-1/#comment-858268 Vincent X Sat, 25 Apr 2009 03:40:24 +0000 http://venturebeat.com/?p=104842#comment-858268 Its nice that someone has put everything into this.<br>I'm sure it will be better or a vast improvement that in the past search engines.<br>Its good for our future.<br>Keep on getting better.<br>I hope you get very close to what you/we are trying to achieve.<br>Good luck.<br>I cant wait till it's Launch in May 2009. Its nice that someone has put everything into this.
I'm sure it will be better or a vast improvement that in the past search engines.
Its good for our future.
Keep on getting better.
I hope you get very close to what you/we are trying to achieve.
Good luck.
I cant wait till it's Launch in May 2009.

]]> By: David Reiss http://venturebeat.com/2009/03/08/wolfram-alpha-its-like-plugging-into-an-electronic-brain/comment-page-1/#comment-858267 David Reiss Fri, 27 Mar 2009 20:43:15 +0000 http://venturebeat.com/?p=104842#comment-858267 Readers interested in some thoughts on Wolfram Alpha will might find my blog on the subject interesting. It's at<br><br><a href="http://www.alpha-tips.com/alphatips/blog" rel="nofollow">http://www.alpha-tips.com/alphatips/blog</a><br><br>Thanks!<br><br>--David (the blog's author...) Readers interested in some thoughts on Wolfram Alpha will might find my blog on the subject interesting. It's at

http://www.alpha-tips.com/alphatips/blog

Thanks!

–David (the blog's author…)

]]> By: Gabriel Weinberg http://venturebeat.com/2009/03/08/wolfram-alpha-its-like-plugging-into-an-electronic-brain/comment-page-1/#comment-858266 Gabriel Weinberg Sun, 22 Mar 2009 00:35:29 +0000 http://venturebeat.com/?p=104842#comment-858266 Hey, also be sure to check out our new search engine, Duck Duck Go: <a href="http://www.duckduckgo.com/" rel="nofollow">http://www.duckduckgo.com/</a>. More info about us (and why we're better/different) can be found at: <a href="http://www.duckduckgo.com/about.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.duckduckgo.com/about.html</a>.<br><br>We also have some semantic properties, e.g. ambigious keyword detection: <a href="http://www.duckduckgo.com/?q=apple" rel="nofollow">http://www.duckduckgo.com/?q=apple</a>, as well as have zero-click info, e.g. <a href="http://duckduckgo.com/?q=Futurama" rel="nofollow">http://duckduckgo.com/?q=Futurama</a>.<br><br>Take care,<br><br>Gabriel Weinberg<br>Founder & CEO, Duck Duck Go Hey, also be sure to check out our new search engine, Duck Duck Go: http://www.duckduckgo.com/. More info about us (and why we're better/different) can be found at: http://www.duckduckgo.com/about.html.

We also have some semantic properties, e.g. ambigious keyword detection: http://www.duckduckgo.com/?q=apple, as well as have zero-click info, e.g. http://duckduckgo.com/?q=Futurama.

Take care,

Gabriel Weinberg
Founder & CEO, Duck Duck Go

]]> By: Twine_watcher http://venturebeat.com/2009/03/08/wolfram-alpha-its-like-plugging-into-an-electronic-brain/comment-page-1/#comment-858265 Twine_watcher Thu, 12 Mar 2009 20:27:09 +0000 http://venturebeat.com/?p=104842#comment-858265 Maybe Nova Spivack should focus more on getting Twine's new nonsense ranking algorithm right before he hypes any Wolfram Alpha offering.<br><br>Twine's algorithm has people listed at #13 who've only posted 1 item and people who haven't actively used Twine in over six months in the Top 100 users.<br><br>Meanwhile, not a single user who HAS been posting thousands of items and is active has been included in the Top 100.<br><br>He's familiar with the dangers of hype. He claimed Twine has "explosive growth" and that proved to be mostly due to spambots whilst actual user engagement has dropped from a high of 16 minutes to 3 minutes.<br><br>Yup, he should work on fixing and delivering Twine's own smarts first before he goes and worries about how smart anyone else's solutions are. Maybe Nova Spivack should focus more on getting Twine's new nonsense ranking algorithm right before he hypes any Wolfram Alpha offering.

Twine's algorithm has people listed at #13 who've only posted 1 item and people who haven't actively used Twine in over six months in the Top 100 users.

Meanwhile, not a single user who HAS been posting thousands of items and is active has been included in the Top 100.

He's familiar with the dangers of hype. He claimed Twine has “explosive growth” and that proved to be mostly due to spambots whilst actual user engagement has dropped from a high of 16 minutes to 3 minutes.

Yup, he should work on fixing and delivering Twine's own smarts first before he goes and worries about how smart anyone else's solutions are.

]]> By: znmeb http://venturebeat.com/2009/03/08/wolfram-alpha-its-like-plugging-into-an-electronic-brain/comment-page-1/#comment-858264 znmeb Thu, 12 Mar 2009 07:15:19 +0000 http://venturebeat.com/?p=104842#comment-858264 I too am skeptical. Obviously, I'll have to wait until it's released to see what it can do, but what I've read about Wolfram Alpha so far seems neither feasible nor useful. And there's another issue -- transparency. This appears to have been a "secret project", not something developed as an open-source project by a world-wide community. If such a thing is feasible and useful, why has it not been built by the smartest people in the world, open source hackers? I too am skeptical. Obviously, I'll have to wait until it's released to see what it can do, but what I've read about Wolfram Alpha so far seems neither feasible nor useful. And there's another issue — transparency. This appears to have been a “secret project”, not something developed as an open-source project by a world-wide community. If such a thing is feasible and useful, why has it not been built by the smartest people in the world, open source hackers?

]]> By: s http://venturebeat.com/2009/03/08/wolfram-alpha-its-like-plugging-into-an-electronic-brain/comment-page-1/#comment-858250 s Tue, 10 Mar 2009 22:49:41 +0000 http://venturebeat.com/?p=104842#comment-858250 How many protons are in a Na22? How many protons are in a Na22?

]]> By: erdevs http://venturebeat.com/2009/03/08/wolfram-alpha-its-like-plugging-into-an-electronic-brain/comment-page-1/#comment-858263 erdevs Tue, 10 Mar 2009 09:43:25 +0000 http://venturebeat.com/?p=104842#comment-858263 WolframAlpha is cataloging your criticisms and plotting its revenge... WolframAlpha is cataloging your criticisms and plotting its revenge…

]]> By: Bob Agnes http://venturebeat.com/2009/03/08/wolfram-alpha-its-like-plugging-into-an-electronic-brain/comment-page-1/#comment-858262 Bob Agnes Mon, 09 Mar 2009 22:06:13 +0000 http://venturebeat.com/?p=104842#comment-858262 I hope it's as good or better than advertised. Why not wait until we've had a chance to play with it, before spouting all of the negative comment. Wolfram is a briliiant hard working thinker. We should encourage people like him to keep reaching for the next breakthrough for everyone's benefit. I hope it's as good or better than advertised. Why not wait until we've had a chance to play with it, before spouting all of the negative comment. Wolfram is a briliiant hard working thinker. We should encourage people like him to keep reaching for the next breakthrough for everyone's benefit.

]]> By: Bob Agnes http://venturebeat.com/2009/03/08/wolfram-alpha-its-like-plugging-into-an-electronic-brain/comment-page-1/#comment-858247 Bob Agnes Mon, 09 Mar 2009 21:56:34 +0000 http://venturebeat.com/?p=104842#comment-858247 I did. It gave the answer for iron (FE) 56.<br><br>Bob A. I did. It gave the answer for iron (FE) 56.

Bob A.

]]> By: Miramon http://venturebeat.com/2009/03/08/wolfram-alpha-its-like-plugging-into-an-electronic-brain/comment-page-1/#comment-858261 Miramon Mon, 09 Mar 2009 21:15:06 +0000 http://venturebeat.com/?p=104842#comment-858261 Going to have to wait till May, apparently, to see if it's any good. Wolfram has done good things, of course, but he also seems to have a very big head. IMO A New Kind of Science was about ten pounds too heavy for its actual content, and its pervasive lack of citation of living automata researchers -- who sometimes had already investigated claims said to be new and original in the book -- was extremely arrogant and annoying.<br><br>All prior "semantic search" that has supposedly been better than Google has not been, from PowerSet on down. I wouldn't get hopes too high for the Turing Test, cyberiban -- this thing will be lucky if it can even distinguish subject and object through NLP parsing (a principal PowerSet claim), much less figure out what the meaning of a complex query might be. Going to have to wait till May, apparently, to see if it's any good. Wolfram has done good things, of course, but he also seems to have a very big head. IMO A New Kind of Science was about ten pounds too heavy for its actual content, and its pervasive lack of citation of living automata researchers — who sometimes had already investigated claims said to be new and original in the book — was extremely arrogant and annoying.

All prior “semantic search” that has supposedly been better than Google has not been, from PowerSet on down. I wouldn't get hopes too high for the Turing Test, cyberiban — this thing will be lucky if it can even distinguish subject and object through NLP parsing (a principal PowerSet claim), much less figure out what the meaning of a complex query might be.

]]> By: John Wooten http://venturebeat.com/2009/03/08/wolfram-alpha-its-like-plugging-into-an-electronic-brain/comment-page-1/#comment-858260 John Wooten Mon, 09 Mar 2009 21:03:34 +0000 http://venturebeat.com/?p=104842#comment-858260 Type your comment here. Type your comment here.

]]> By: Adam Singer http://venturebeat.com/2009/03/08/wolfram-alpha-its-like-plugging-into-an-electronic-brain/comment-page-1/#comment-858259 Adam Singer Mon, 09 Mar 2009 20:59:54 +0000 http://venturebeat.com/?p=104842#comment-858259 Needs a better name. Needs a better name.

]]> By: Michael http://venturebeat.com/2009/03/08/wolfram-alpha-its-like-plugging-into-an-electronic-brain/comment-page-1/#comment-858258 Michael Mon, 09 Mar 2009 19:59:12 +0000 http://venturebeat.com/?p=104842#comment-858258 This is getting hyped wayyyy too much and much too quickly.<br><br>I can't help but be a tad bit skeptical. This is getting hyped wayyyy too much and much too quickly.

I can't help but be a tad bit skeptical.

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