Wolfram Alpha

[kris_schnee]

I was shown this interview with Wolfram Alpha, an AI developed by the mathematical experts at Wolfram. (I've been using their integral-finder site

Comments

[starglider]

The lack of learning or generalisation mechanisms puts this in the same class as Cyc; interesting but not really an attempt on the AGI problem (yet).

[kris_schnee]

In Wolfram's defense, it seems like they're not claiming it's an AGI, and it's only some observers who're making that mistake. I've been thinking enough about chatterbots and other AIs enough that I can spot problems of something like this system, but not everyone is familiar with ELIZA and its successors. I'd make a harsh Turing Test judge by asking things like, "What would happen if I touched the sun?" where other people would do smalltalk.