Wolfram! Good or Bad?

Jeffrey R. Young recently published an article in the Chronicle of Higher Education titled: "A Calculating Web Site Could Ignite a New Campus 'Math War'" here's an excerpt:

The long-running debate over whether students should be allowed to wield calculators during mathematics examinations may soon seem quaint.

The latest dilemma facing professors is whether to let students turn to a Web site called WolframAlpha, which not only solves complex math problems, but also can spell out the steps leading to those solutions. In other words, it can instantly do most of the homework and test questions found in many calculus textbooks.

The new tool will be a bane to teaching, some professors say—but others see a blessing.

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I was intrigued and checked out Wolfram and was amazed!! If you have 13 minutes and 23 seconds please watch this incredible video. And if you think that was intriguing then try it for yourself and let us know what you think. Is this a great resource or a bane to teaching?