I spent $15 in DALL·E 2 credits creating this AI image and here's what I learned

I've been dying to try DALL·E 2 ever since I first saw this artificially generated image of a "Shiba Inu Bento Box". For those of you unfamiliar, DALL·E 2 is a system created by OpenAI that can generate original images from text. It's currently in closed Beta -- I signed up for the waitlist in early May and got access at the end of July. During the Beta, users receive credits (50 free in the first month, 15 credits every month after that) where every use costs 1 credit, and each use results in 3–4 images. You can also purchase 115 credits for US$15.