💪 Software Engineers Just Became OP AF

Hello, fellow nerds 🧙

There’s a new report floating around that claims AI is going to be an “extinction-level” event. Oh boy…🤦 🤦 

Yes, we get that AI is scary. And yes, there are certainly dangers. Of course, there are, as with anything (looking at you, internet). But AI sure isn’t a meteorite-flying-into-the-Earth-wiping-out-the-dinosaurs level of scary. Let’s not let fear guide decisions to hamstring AI, especially when the benefit to humanity is so damn high. ✌️ 

Here’s the daily quests in AI to complete today:

• 💪 Software Engineers Receive a Giant Buff

• 👧 Woah, Girls Read Comic Books?

• 🎉 Finally, Senior Pictures With NO Wardrobe Changes

• 🏐 Volleyball Robots Are the Assistant Coaches We Need

Software Engineers Just Received The Biggest Buff Ever

Holy sweet mother of pearl, Software Engineers just became OP as f*ck. This is not a drill. I repeat, this is not a drill.

How??

Meet, Devin. The very first AI software engineer.

And he’s adding legit rocket fuel to the workflow of every single software engineer in the world — all 26.9 million of them.

Here’s Devin in action. We highly recommend you watch every video in this thread. You’ll understand where we’re getting “rocket fuel” from:

Has Devin blown your fricken mind yet?!

Now, there are a couple of ways you could look at our new best friend:

1. It’s ugly, it stinks, and I hate it for taking my job.

   OR

2. Look at this beautiful son a bitch. We’re taking over the world together.

We hope you’re in camp numero two.

Here’s how we see it. Coding legends (assistants) like Devin could let software engineers focus on the creative side of their work instead of meticulously digging through lines to code with a fine-tooth comb just to realize there’s a semicolon missing.

Please, I’d rather be drug behind a horse on a gravel road than be strapped to a desk hunting for bugs — Unless the bugs we’re hunting are in Helldivers and we’re fighting to save democracy. Then of course, I’ll do my part.

I do want to add that assistants like Devin will completely dismantle the barrier of entry to code. Like, completely. If you have an amazing idea you want the world to see but have no clue where to start, here comes Devin to save the day. And what’s great? This is the worst Devin is ever going to be.

So get your sunglasses on because the future of coding just got brighter 😎 

Woah, Girls Read Comic Books?

Young adults have been devouring manga, Japanese comic books, at an alarming pace thee past few years and the IEEE Women in Engineering organization took notice.

Just like that cringe one way smoke you used to throw in mid for a competitive advantage, the IEEE is using Manga to encourage young women to consider a career in STEM.

Except their motives are admirable 😛 

The above is only an example, showing page 1 of 4, but come onnnnn.

I whole heartedly believe with a combination of generative AI, Character Reference (see Walkthrough Wednesday below), and some creative thinking, we can make manga that’s 100x more relatable than this!

Source: IEEE, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, the world’s largest technical professional organization dedicated to advancing technology for the benefit of humanity.

🗺️ Walkthrough Wednesday

Let the wizards be your guide to create something fun with AI.

🎉 Finally, Senior Pictures With NO Wardrobe Changes

Thanks, MidJourney.

Frankly, if you’re a tech wizard and had both the time and patience to follow a simple 49 step tutorial, you probably could’ve done it 6 months ago.

But for the rest of us, MidJourney released a simple to use “Character Reference” feature to use the SAME person/character for different images.

Senior pictures, professional photos, children’s books, movies, ads, social media, or just for fun… the options are endless!

Original Image

Example of Character Reference Feature

The Prompt

He’s a war photographer in the trenches, 1914, --cref https://s.mj.run/CqVyQEBGmjc --cw 100 --ar 40:21 --v 6.0

The Breakdown

He’s a war photographer in the trenches, 1914
Change this part of the prompt to whatever description you’d like.

CREF stands for Character Reference - Change the link to a link to your reference/source image. This is the face that will be used for every image.
--cref https://s.mj.run/CqVyQEBGmjc

CW stands for Character Weight - change the weight to a value between 0 (least like the character reference) and 100 (most like the character reference). In other words, at 100, the image should be nearly identical to the original reference image.
--cw 100 --ar 40:21 --v 6.0

These two are optional prompts to give an AR which stands for Aspect Ratio and V which stands for Version of MidJourney to use.
--ar 40:21 --v 6.0

BONUS #1:

To create character sheets similar to the one below, simply prompt using:

character sheet, --cref https://s.mj.run/CqVyQEBGmjc --cw 100 --v 6.0

BONUS #2:

Character Reference PDF Guide

If you’d like to see a more detailed description with examples of MidJourney Character Reference in use, check out this PDF Guide from @doganuraldesign!

Daily Delight

Just something fun and interesting around the web.

“Throw your hands in the air like you just don’t care!” - A quote from the hands of a robot who loves to block volleyballs

What’s happening inside the Realm

A list of side quests to explore and more.

• 🔫 Ready Player One creator announces they’ve been cookin’ up a battle royale that’ll premiere in the metaverse.

• 🔨 MidJourney drops the ban hammer on every Stability AI employee after a data scraping incident caused a 24-hour outage.

• ✈️ Video games are about to enter the MSP airport, which means we can all share Dorito dust on Xbox controllers like the real gamers we are before our flights.

• ❌ Google has restricted Gemini from answering any, and all, questions related to the 2024 elections happening around the world to prevent misinformation mishaps.

That’s all the quests we have for today. Check back tomorrow for more!

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