The kids and I have fun making memes poking fun at one another. I usually stumble across a weird or silly photo on the internet, or perhaps see a meme that can be “adapted” for our family, and do a bit of quick graphics work on it.
Now that I’m meddling with AI art, I’ve been learning more about how to use it effectively, and also adding new “models” to broaden the sorts of work I can do. I figured it was time to turn it loose on our family meme wars. Here’s what I came up with.
Obviously this is a Mario Kart joke. During our time together at Christmas, Kyra, Zack, and I played a bunch of Mario Kart. I think Kyra won every time but once, when Zack eked out a close victory. I was the perennial third-place finisher (and, much to my chagrin, often well below third). I love the game but just don’t play it as well as they do. Thus, the meme.
When I sent this to the kids, Kyra thought I’d just edited her face onto some existing cartoon drawing. Nope, that’s what the computer comes up with when you ask it to draw a “woman driving in Mario Kart on a racetrack”. If you ask me, it’s pretty hilarious.
And it’s only the beginning.