Dall-E Mini, the AI-powered text-to-image generator has taken over the internet. With its ability to render nearly anything your meme-loving heart desires, anyone can make their dreams come true.
DALL-E 2, a portmanteau of Salvador Dali, the surrealist and Wall-E, the Pixar robot, was created by OpenAI and is not widely available; it creates far cleaner imagery and was recently used to launch Cosmpolitan’s first AI-generated cover. The art world has been one of the first industries to truly embrace AI.
The open-sourced miniature version is what’s responsible for the memes. Programmer Boris Dayma wants to make AI more accessible; he built the Dall-E Mini program as part of a competition held by Google and an AI community called Hugging Face.
And with great technology, comes great memes. Typing a short phrase into Dall-E Mini will manifest 9 different amalgamations, theoretically shaping into reality the strange images you’ve conjured. Its popularity leads to too much traffic, often resulting in an error that can be fixed by refreshing the page or trying again later.
If you want to be a part of the creation of AI-powered engines, it all starts with code. CodeAcademy explains that Dall-E Mini is a seq2seq model, “typically used in natural language processing (NLP) for things like translation and conversational modeling.” CodeAcademy’s Text Generation course will teach you how to utilize seq2seq, but they also offer opportunities to learn 14+ coding languages at your own pace.
You can choose the Machine Learning Specialist career path if you want to become a Data Scientist who develops these types of programs, but you can also choose courses by language, subject (what is cybersecurity?) or even skill - build a website with HTML, CSS, and more.
CodeAcademy offers many classes for free as well as a free trial; it’s an invaluable resource for giving people of all experience levels the fundamentals they need to build the world they want to see.
As for Dall-E Mini, while some have opted to create beauty, most have opted for memes. Here are some of the internet’s favorites:
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— Weird Dall-E Mini Generations (@weirddalle) June 8, 2022
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— Weird Dall-E Mini Generations (@weirddalle) June 12, 2022
no fuck every other dall-e image ive made this one is the best yet pic.twitter.com/iuFNm4UTUM
— bri (@takoyamas) June 10, 2022
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— Weird Dall-E Mini Generations (@weirddalle) June 12, 2022
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— Chairman George (@superbunnyhop) June 9, 2022
back at it again at the DALL•E mini pic.twitter.com/iPGsaMThBC
— beca. ⚢ (@dorysief) June 9, 2022
There’s no looking back now, not once you’ve seen Pugachu; artificial intelligence is here to stay.
I Never Thought I'd Be a "Meal-Kit" Person, Until I Tried HelloFresh
If you’re like me, you like to cook but never have time to do it during the weekdays. That reserves Sundays for grocery shopping and thinking ahead of time to plan for the upcoming week. Quite honestly, it can get exhausting, and leftover Chicken Pot Pie tastes pretty bland the 4th time I’m eating it this week. Especially when I’m craving something different on a Wednesday. A couple of months ago, I was hearing a lot about the meal-kit craze as a convenient way to incorporate quick, homemade meals throughout the week that require no pre-planning. Sure, it sounded great, but I had no idea where to start. HelloFresh was a company that I’d kept hearing of, and I soon found out why.
After doing a lot of research on food blogs and review sites, I found out that people use meal kits not because they’re lazy, but because it’s really convenient. After a long day plus a commute, the idea of cooking a homemade dinner is desired, but realistically is not possible. This was exactly my dilemma. I saw that HelloFresh is a meal-kit delivery service that caters to people who like normal food with lots of variety, so you don’t have to eat the same thing every night. Each of their meals only takes around 30 minutes to prepare (for real), and comes in a refrigerated box with recipe cards and pre-portioned ingredients, so all you’ll ever need extra is olive oil, salt and pepper. I logged onto their website and looked through their recipes; they seemed super straightforward and looked delicious. It convinced me to give HelloFresh a try.
From my first box, I knew that I could easily integrate HelloFresh into my eating lifestyle. I ordered the Classic Plan, which lets you select from a variety of meals to receive each week. All of the meals are designed to be nutritionally balanced and give you a variety of seasonal produce. The recipes are really easy to follow, even if you’re not experienced in the kitchen. My food consistently arrives fresh, whether it’s fruits, veggies, meats, or fish. You can select what you want to include and exclude from your delivery (if you’re pork-free, for example), to allow you to truly customize your dining experience. You can also pause deliveries if you’re going to be away, which was a feature I use frequently. On the nights that I know I’m going to be extra busy, I skip it, but most of the time, we order HelloFresh a few times each month. It’s a healthy routine I’ve gotten used to, and much more satisfying than my boring 5 dinner circuit that I’ve been cooking the past 4 years.
After using HelloFresh for a while now, I’ve had so much fun learning how to cook new dinners. I’m so excited to try new ways to cook chicken and finally facing my fears of cooking fish. I’m proud of my creations, even if I did get a little help! HelloFresh perfectly suits my lifestyle. If you work long hours, or spend half your day as a mom-taxi, and you just need dinner to be quick and tasty, then HelloFresh is the meal-kit for you. If you don’t think you’ll ever be a “meal-kit” person, you should reconsider after you try HelloFresh.
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