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Harry Potter and the Predictive Computer

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14 December 2017

By Alex Khalil

Harry Potter has brought joy to millions of people around the world. Now it’s doing it again, but for some weird reasons.

Harry Potter and the Portrait of What Looked Like a Large Pile of Ash is a new story created by a predictive keyboard.

The story is ridiculous and hilarious. It was created by the team at Botnik, who fed all seven books through a computer programme. The predictive keyboard then created a story out of the data it had consumed.

The story is popular among Potter fans on the social media, with the initial tweet being liked more than 80,000 times.

Here are some of the best lines.

“Harry tore his eyes from his head and threw them into the forest.
“Voldemort raised his eyebrows at Harry, who could not see anything at the moment.”
“‘Not so handsome now’, thought Harry as he dipped Hermione in hot sauce.”
“Ron’s Ron shirt was just as bad as Ron himself”
“BEEF WOMEN” Hermione cried.

I am dying this is incredible. My favourite though?

“I’m Harry Potter,” Harry began yelling “The dark arts better be worried, oh boy!”

Wonderful.

The author of the actual series has yet to comment on the masterpiece, but we’re pretty sure she will.

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