This AI generates absurdist memes that are funnier than what most real humans create

Internet humorists who spend hours honing their craft to create viral memes may want to start worrying about artificial-intelligence technology outdoing them in a matter of seconds. A website called Imgflip, which is used to create customized memes and GIFs, built a meme generator that harnesses machine learning to create new captions at the click of your mouse for 48 of the most popular meme templates. Called This Meme Does Not Exist, this meme generator has gotten renewed attention thanks to a viral tweet from writer and artist K. Thor Jensen posted Tuesday. The meme generator was created in 2019, but just as a slew of similar sites popped up generating fake faces, fake cats, fake anime characters, fake startups, and even fake Airbnb listings. This Meme Does Not Exist, as well as the other sites, make these AI-based creations using artificial neural networks that train a computer to learn from a slew of data.