Our friends at the Radio Berkman podcast have an exclusive interview with Stephen Wolfram, the man behind Wolfram|Alpha, the so-called “Google Killer” that’s due out in a few weeks.
Stephen describes it as a “computational knowledge engine” that combines data and computation to answer questions like:
- What is the square root of 43?
- What’s the population of Lower Sackville, Nova Scotia?
- What was the weather like in Calgary on June 23, 1982?
- What will the tides be like in Vancouver at 8:30 am on May 16, 2020?
You can listen to David Weinberger’s full 55 minute interview with Stephen Wolfram over at the Radio Berkman site.
Very interesting! A little lengthy, but very informative. I can't wait for Wolfram|Alpha to come online! You've got to wonder how much this will effect innovation and the world in general, as it has huge potential. Not really a Google killer, as it doesn't deal with the internet so much, but more with massive amounts of data. Besides, Google has evolved into much more than a search engine. I wonder if they are doing anything to do with the Linked Data project?
Wolfram Research sounds like a very cool company…
Is Spark planning to do a story on this?
I don?t usually reply to posts but I will in this case. WoW
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