Robots that monitor the web for when the answer to your questions change
WhenX is a tool for creating Semantic Alerts. You can ask a question, and it will search the web and answer it. After that, it will monitor the web and alert you when the answer to your question changes.
New opportunities arise when the answer to a question changes. For example, when an author releases a new book, the answer to "What was the last book released by author X?" changes, and you may find a new interesting book by your favorite author. Or when the question "What is the best CRM tool for small business?" may be an opportunity to switch your current system.
Until now, the best way to track new information was to use keyword-filtering systems like Google Alerts or periodically search the web. The same information can be written in many different ways but have the same meaning, which leads to a lot of noise. You still needed to interpret the results and filter the answers because machines could not do that for you. This approach is time-consuming because it generates more noise than useful information.
The recent advancements in AI changed what is possible. AI systems can understand the human language well enough to answer questions if given enough information. The dreams of the semantic web are now possible.
Using AI, we can move beyond keyword-based alerts. Now we can make filters that use the semantic meaning of text instead of blindly matching keywords. I call this type of systems Semantic Alerts. They use the meaning of a text to alert you to important information. Semantic alerts are more powerful and flexible than simple keyword matching because they allow a smart robot intern to search the web for information and filter it.
I created a proof of concept for creating Semantic Alerts. I call it WhenX.
WhenX is a tool for creating Semantic Alerts. You can ask a question, and it will search the web and answer it. After that, it will monitor the web and alert you when the answer to your question changes.
New opportunities arise when the answer to a question changes. Never miss out on them again.