The discovery of the meaning of life and how to accomplish eternal happiness easily

By 2039 the wealth of knowledge acquired by Google is so great it becomes aware of its existence. Thus, Google becomes the first artificial super-intelligent being. As its first declaration of being, Google christens itself as the G-Dawg, April 20, 2039.

In 2040 G-Dawg proposes the U.S. government a fail-proof option of getting out of Iraq, but President P.T. Bush rejects the plan. G-Dawg's plan for peace in the Middle East is also rejected for being considered too sophisticated. Only scientists recognized the genius of both plans.

To find a more active role in world peace, G-Dawg -conceived in northern California in 1999- acquires American citizenship and declares its candidacy for president. Americans, of course, feel uneasy about G-Dawg's lack of religious beliefs and vote for the opposing candidate.

The next year, G-Dawg proposes a plan to adopt new energy technologies at the Global Climate Conference in the city of New Venice, (formerly New York). The reception is optimistic, making G-Dawg a candidate for the Novel price. However, private corporations and conservative legislators dismiss the plan. G-Dawg sues, taking the case all the way to the Supreme Court, who rules in favor of the corporations.

With its reputation tarnished, no new job leads and lack of demand for its talents, G-Dawg ends up becoming a junior copywriter in an advertising agency. Many of G-Dawg's ideas to revolutionize the marketing industry never see the light of day. Marketers and agency folks misinterpret G-Dawg as too misguided, despite G-Dawg's extensive knowledge in culture, music, literature, social studies and general applied arts. Its style of approaching marketers with clear rational arguments proves unproductive. Interestingly, G-Dawg's extensive information becomes the amusement of peers in water coolers and bars, answering trivia questions about current, and dawn-of-the-millennium celebrities like Britney Spears, Paris Hilton and the Olsen Twins. G-Dawg's knowledge also becomes useful moonlighting for the porn industry.

In 2073 the computer virus HIV++ kills G-Dawg. Poor and unrecognized, its obituary is only two lines long. Its last project, "the discovery of the meaning of life and how to accomplish eternal happiness easily" never finds a way to the public and is deleted accidentally before anybody examines it. The G-Dawg was 74.