Ron eats Hermione's family: Computer writes Harry Potter

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In summary, a team of software developers fed the seven Harry Potter books into a "predictive keyboard" program, originally designed to assist with writing text on mobile devices. The result was a mix of realistic and absurd sentences, creating a funny and entertaining read. The developers also noted that the program creates a word list and uses statistics to generate the output, which may seem coherent until one tries to make sense of it. The program's output has gained attention and sparked interest in whether the team will continue generating stories using this method.
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A team of software developers fed the seven Harry Potter books into a "predictive keyboard" program - originally designed to help writing text, e.g. with mobile devices. And then they just let it write a few pages.

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Some sentences look realistic, while others are just absurd, and the whole thing is quite funny to read. Ron doesn't stay the only one eating Hermione's family. A few quotes:

Magic: it was something that Harry Potter thought was very good.

Ron threw a wand at Voldemort and everyone applauded. Ron smiled.

Harry could tell that Voldemort was standing right behind him. He felt a great overreaction. 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.

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Hillarious!
 
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I need a hard copy of this!
 
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Would pay top dollar for this book.
 
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I think I once wrote something similar. What the program really does is creating a word list from the input and generate a set of statistics related to the words. The output is created through the use of random numbers and the word statistics. The output looks quite OK until you try to make sense out of it (because there is no sense at all).
 
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Hilarious comedy! This is brilliant and stunning how decent it reads. Any indication they will continue with the story generation?
 

1. What is "Ron eats Hermione's family: Computer writes Harry Potter"?

"Ron eats Hermione's family: Computer writes Harry Potter" is a fictional story created by a computer program using artificial intelligence (AI) technology.

2. Who wrote "Ron eats Hermione's family: Computer writes Harry Potter"?

The story was written by a computer program using AI technology. No human author was involved in the writing process.

3. How was "Ron eats Hermione's family: Computer writes Harry Potter" created?

The story was created using AI technology, which involves training a computer program with a large amount of data and algorithms to generate new content based on that data.

4. Is "Ron eats Hermione's family: Computer writes Harry Potter" a real Harry Potter story?

No, "Ron eats Hermione's family: Computer writes Harry Potter" is not a real Harry Potter story. It is a work of fiction written by a computer program.

5. Can "Ron eats Hermione's family: Computer writes Harry Potter" be considered as literature?

It can be debated whether "Ron eats Hermione's family: Computer writes Harry Potter" can be considered as literature. While it was written by a computer program, it still tells a story and evokes emotions in the reader, which are important elements of literature.

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