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Wolfram Alpha is amazing at discerning the intention of the question. In the article, the question "How old is the Lincoln Tunnel" struck me as incorrectly for
by oculus42 12y ago
Wolfram Alpha is amazing at discerning the intention of the question.
In the article, the question "How old is the Lincoln Tunnel" struck me as incorrectly formatted for the parser (I know, that's the point), so I asked Siri, "When was the Lincoln Tunnel built." The Wikipedia article on the Lincoln Tunnel was returned. Wolfram Alpha was listed under other sources, so I chose that. The response? "1937"
- taliesinb 12y agoI've noticed lately that many times things I know Alpha will slam-dunk don't get routed to it by Siri. I'm not aware of the details of the deal we have with them but from my observations of Siri it looks like Apple might be looking for certain keywords (such as how, what, why, etc) before it tries routing anything to Alpha. I hope they can relax that in future. Luckily if you say "Wolfram XXX" instead of just "XXX" Siri will route your question straight to Alpha no-questions-asked.