There are some very disturbing stories about extreme conditions in the warehouse. There's a good NYT article about it (http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/09/19/inside-amazons-very...) This is the piece I heard about: So…
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…
Formatting and pronunciation issues are a major stumbling block for these interfaces, though. If the device (or service behind it) can't identify "ten to the power of" when it sees 10^, I can't rely on being able to…
There are some very disturbing stories about extreme conditions in the warehouse. There's a good NYT article about it (http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/09/19/inside-amazons-very...) This is the piece I heard about: So…
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…
Formatting and pronunciation issues are a major stumbling block for these interfaces, though. If the device (or service behind it) can't identify "ten to the power of" when it sees 10^, I can't rely on being able to…