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> “Stephen Wolfram, the mind behind Wolfram|Alpha, can’t do long division...”

What the heck kind of article is this...? I can’t read it seriously.

Even if this was true, what's the problem? He built a successful business that many people find useful, and that's good enough for me.

I respect the abilities and accomplishments of Wolfram. My problem with the statement I quoted from the article is that I suspect it is bullshit; I think Stephen can do long division, and much much more...

"I never learned long division, and look at me." -- Stephen Wolfram

http://www.stephenwolfram.com/media/meet-inventor-who-makes-...

I agree. I got hung up on this: "Wolfram|Alpha uses natural language processing technology, part of the AI family, to provide students with an academic shortcut"

WA uses NLP for some things, but not for solving equations.

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