I’m itching to try out Wolfram|Alpha, and one thing I’m curious about is the nature, or depth of the solutions it will offer.
If I were to ask: what would be the velocity of a point mass falling for 10 seconds under gravity, will I get the answer:
Solution: velocity = 98m/s
or might the answer look more like:
Solution: velocity = 98m/s
Domain of knowledge: Newtonian Physics
v = a t, substitute a = g = 9.8m/s2, and t = 10s.
Will the natural language processor be able to convert the mechanical solution back to a comprehensible set of instructions?
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I expect that the first challenge of W’|Alpha will be ‘well formed questions’.