I just tried Alpha and it did a very poor job with everything I gave it, but it does have two links for feedback. One is labeled "Are you an expert on this topic? Find out how you can help. ยป<http://www58.wolframalpha.com/participate/participate.html>" and the other is an input area prefaced by the demand "Give us your feedback:".
On Wed, May 20, 2009 at 1:01 PM, Ian Clark <[email protected]>wrote: > ... > But where Google Translate differs from Alpha is that it has a button: > "Contribute a better translation". So it has the means to get better, > to build up the pile of heuristics it needs to converse with the > common herd. I see no sign of that in Alpha. "Give Us your feedback!" > doesn't have quite the same ring about it. (Does he really want to > know?) > > No doubt Alpha will get better. Surely they're collecting transactions > and drawing some sorts of conclusion. Sooner or later I expect to see > a button appear marked "Admire Me", if not one marked "Improve Me". > > Ian > > ... -- Devon McCormick, CFA ^me^ at acm. org is my preferred e-mail ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm
