Humor But, this is exactly right! 17 Aug 201117 Aug 2011 This is why philosophers should only have parrots, actually. Read More
Administrative Month first line meme 6 Dec 200818 Sep 2017 Bora made me do it… first line of the first post of each month the year. It doesn’t quite read like a dadaist poem. January: OK, so the next door party finished about 1.30, but the family disputes finished about 5 am, so instead of thinking, I’m going to let… Read More
If we exhert a little effort and persuade five of those species to become extinct, then we could claim “how many species of swallow are native to Africa?” as a candidate for Ultimate Question (also as a Grand Unification: Python/Adams).
we tried this in the lab yesterday, it does give you a very detailed answer for the European swallow.
I entered, “What is the answer to life, the universe, and everything?” The correct answer was given. I am now at peace.
Great minds think alike — the swallow speed was the 1st question I typed in! Given that the engine has trouble parsing much simpler inputs I’ve tried, this is almost certainly a hard-coded answer, like 42. So double fail.
It didn’t know who did the twiddly bits along the coast of Norway. If they’re going to code in one Guide reference…
Question: what is the frame problem? And have you solved it? Answer: Wolfram|Alpha isn’t sure what to do with your input. Yes indeed.
I’m kinda upset the Wolfram Alpha people hadn’t thought of The Last Question. Entering “How can the net amount of entropy of the universe be massively decreased?” gives a “I dunno what to do with this” response.
But there’s an answer, as I noted before. Alpha should know that… You’re expected to teach it. If you don’t teach it, it won’t learn.