Google's Nerdy April Fools Joke

Jiminy Christmas is all about having fun. Honestly, it's totally encouraged and preferable to not having any. But April Fools jokes have always seemed childish, never really able to break out of that 5-12 year old age range of acceptability.

All that has changed because of the folks at Google. When Google pulls an April Fools prank, they do it right. They don't tape down the bathroom faucet or put your hand in warm water while you sleep, causing you to pee (although that's clever). No, they're beyond all that. Instead, Google chooses to show everyone that while they're all genius techie nerds, they can also use those powers for good in addition to simply achieving world domination.

This year, they've come up with Google AutoPilot, a new "feature" they've got plastered all over the Gmail page. Under this totally fake feature, Google will automatically create replys to emails based on a complex analysis of the text. They've got this example up on their page:


Priceless. Google puts everythign else to shame. Except its overly inflated stock price, which is just shameful. Check out the full story here.