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April 1, 2009
Google Does April Fools with Google Earth
As part of Google's grand April Fool's joke today where they released a new artificial intelligence called CADIE (the Cognitive Autoheuristic Distributed-Intelligence Entity), who chose a Panda as her iconic representation, Google also included a new download page for Google Earth that says the new version lets you explore the oceans from a submarine. You can download the KML file they created where CADIE gives you a tour of human places to visit, and there's a "chat window" where you can talk with CADIE. The chat window is based on the same program used for the Mars Easter Egg - which in turn is based on the age-old Eliza AI program.
By the way, the CADIE introduction video (shown here with the April Fools upside down YouTube mode) appears to have been voiced by Googler Melissa Mayers. Which is pretty funny itself.
Google Earth Blog had its own April fun with today's "news" story about next generation Street View technology.
Posted by FrankTaylor at April 1, 2009 1:21 PM
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Posted by: Brian W at April 1, 2009 4:14 PM
Im amazed on how many sites make april fools pranks. I love them. Heres on the BBC did a long time back on "spaghetti trees"
http://www.newsy.com/videos/april_fools_and_the_media/
Posted by: B Colb at April 1, 2009 5:52 PM
WHAT THE?
Posted by: Darren Jeffries at April 9, 2009 1:16 AM
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If only all companies could have as much fun on April fools as Google does.