[serious] Wolfram Alpha - as important as Google?

[KiwiDexter]

That article basically says "It can't be done". I wonder how many now-forgotten people have said that before?

Just a bit more than the number of people who couldn't get their much lauded AI systems up and running

The system is going to be only as good as the input going into the database, looking at the serious amount of errors on sites like imdb.com you got to wonder if it will ever work.

Already have my questions lined up, they basically involved the winning numbers in the next lotto draw

[Shaggy Hiker]

I asked for some information about a local city. Some of the information was provided, and it appeared correct. The other information had no answer.

This site might end up being something of a one-stop shopping for factoids, but not seriously obscure factoids. The information I was requesting was all climate related. This information is readily available via NOAA, but Alpha returned only part of the data, so the dataset was less than the set available via NOAA.