Wolfram Alpha: Google Killer?

[CptStern]

http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/see_wolfram_alpha_in_action_-_video_and_screenshots.php

Last weekend, we attended a web demo of Wolfram Alpha, a new "computational knowledge engine" based on the work of Stephen Wolfram. Some have dubbed Alpha a "Google killer," but, in reality, it is very different from the standard search engines that we are all familiar with today.

example:

search query: Oakland, generates this response:

wow that's pretty awesome. imagine the info you can get with a word like boobs ..tons of info on boobs. all at your fingertips ..the soft caressing .....

 

[Eejit]

The Senior Partners are very evil, very powerful demons.

 

[Operational]

Looks more like a Wikipedia killer to me (although even that is hyperbole).

Either way it looks really fascinating and potentially very useful.

 

[Warped]

LOL:

 

[Seppo]

wow, that's pretty impressive. It shows all the information that I definitely don't need.

 

[Seppo]

SNIP!

 

[swan_song1973]

that does look pretty killer.

 

[Raziaar]

Nothing will kill Google. Google is more than its search engine. Google is an amazing pioneering company that sides with the people.