This bot-generated Coachella line-up is incredible

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We already knew bots can do so many things (like writing Harry Potter) but it turns out they’re also awesome at coming up with band names.

Botnik studios have produced a fictional line-up for Coachella, and the band names are predictably unpredictable.

Announcing your 2018 COACHELLA LINEUP, generated by a neural network trained on thousands of band names: https://t.co/EskuBWOdfy pic.twitter.com/J06jgc3x2R

— Botnik Studios (@botnikstudios) January 23, 2018

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