Because for wolfram alpha to be usable, you need some specialist knowledge on what exactly you want to ask. ChatGPT allows anyone to just ask a computer something and it responds almost like normal people would do. It mostly crossed that uncanny valley of chatbots.
Speaking of which, I want to warn everyone that I've found that Wolfram Alpha is not always mathematically precise! Here is an easy and concerning way you can repro this:
I noticed that if you put this formula into WolframAlpha, it gives a wrong answer.
Input: 1’ 1” x 7’ 2.5”
Primary result: 1125 sq inch (correct)
Secondary result: 7.809 sq ft (WRONG)
The correct sq ft is 7.8125 (exact) or 7.813 (rounded)
Bug link:
https://www.wolframalpha.com/input?i2d=true&i=1%E2%80%99+1%E...
yetihehe|3 years ago
DDDmatter|3 years ago
adastra22|3 years ago
upwardbound|3 years ago
I noticed that if you put this formula into WolframAlpha, it gives a wrong answer. Input: 1’ 1” x 7’ 2.5” Primary result: 1125 sq inch (correct) Secondary result: 7.809 sq ft (WRONG) The correct sq ft is 7.8125 (exact) or 7.813 (rounded) Bug link: https://www.wolframalpha.com/input?i2d=true&i=1%E2%80%99+1%E...
oikawa_tooru|3 years ago