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Wolfram Alpha doesn't compete with Google, it competes with Wikipedia. I expect students who use and quote Alpha as their source of information won't get the same scorn than the ones who quote Wikipedia. It will be an interesting battle: crowdsourcing vs. proof.
Wolfram Alpha doesn't compete with Google, it competes with Wikipedia. I expect students who use and quote Alpha as their source of information won't get the same scorn than the ones who quote Wikipedia. It will be an interesting battle: crowdsourcing vs. proof.
It would be nice if Wikipedia can improve the quality of its articles by linking to Alpha; I hope Wolfram research won't exert a propriety attitude to its search results, but will make them available with something like a creative commons license to the extent that the original sources are in the public domain.
The first question I'll ask WA is: "What is the answer to life, the universe and everything" Don't disappoint me...
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Indeed, Wolfram himself once solved a Google puzzle (to encourage job applicants) using Mathematica. It was, what's the pattern here, and what's the next row? 1 11 21 1211 111221 312211
Google is smart enough for this: http://www.google.com/search?q=1%2011%2021%201211%20111221%2...