Creating Viral Memes with ChatGPT-4o
Welcome to another slice of AI goodness! Today I want to show you how to use ChatGPT-4o to turn current events into funny, engaging memes. This hack is perfect for sharing on social media and growing your following, and taking advantage of trending or viral events.
The AI Meme Hack.
In this tutorial, I took an image of an umpire known for making questionable calls during a game between the Toronto Blue Jays and the Boston Red Sox. Here’s what I did:
- Image Manipulation: I started with a photo of umpire Manny Gonzalez. I prompted ChatGPT-4o to recreate the image by replacing the MLB logo on his uniform with the Red Sox logo—injecting a bit of humor by implying a team bias.
- Switching It Up: Next, I experimented by asking the AI to swap the Red Sox logo with the Blue Jays logo. This variation offered another layer of humor by suggesting that the umpire might be favoring one team.
- Editing on the Fly: The process was quick and efficient, allowing for further refinements such as stitching the logo to look more authentic. The AI even created a background crowd that boosted the overall vibe of the meme.
Sharing the Meme.
Once I had the final images, I posted one on X (formerly Twitter). Despite its current event focus, the meme managed to spark interest early on, gathering 46 views within a few hours.
This method not only helps in generating laughs but also in getting traction on social media.
How You Can Use This Hack
- Stay Relevant: Use current events to inspire your memes. Quick, funny takes on recent happenings can boost engagement.
- Experiment Freely: Feel free to swap logos, change backgrounds, or add text. The flexibility of ChatGPT-4o allows you to create a meme that suits your style perfectly.
- Share and Engage: Once you have your meme, share it on your social channels. I’d love to see your creations and hear your feedback.
Get creative with AI and use it to bring humor and relevance into your content. Try this hack yourself, and let me know what you come up with. And if you have any examples where you used this strategy, you can share your images in the comments below.
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Okay, Kyle—you lit the fire with your AI Meme Hack, and I couldn’t resist running with it.
Except instead of umpire drama, I went full affiliate meltdown meets Snickers commercial.
Because let’s be honest:
We’re not always ourselves when those commissions stay at $0.00 for too long.
So here’s what I made using the same approach:
Meme #1:
“Grab a Snickers. Your funnel’s hangry too.”
The $0.00 dashboard lives rent-free in my brain. This one’s for every WA member who's refreshed stats more than they've refreshed their CTA copy.
Meme #2:
“You’re not you when you forget to proofread.”
After 10 AI-assisted blog posts, I start spelling my name “Snoia.” Thankfully, there’s coffee.
(WA Approved, of course.)
Why I Loved This Hack:
It was quick, weirdly therapeutic, and gave me a whole new way to poke fun at our daily hustle.
AI-powered meme therapy might just be my new favorite productivity break.
Thanks for the inspiration, Kyle! Would love to see if anyone else here’s tried this with their own niche.
Sonia
– probably overthinking my CTA again
Thanks a lot, Kyle! I discussed memes with ChatGPT and it's pushing me into starting Facebook, Instagram, Pinterest marketing.
Between us we came up with funny memes for my parenting site. My hub has a topic about when toddlers should start feeding themselves. So I gave ChatGPT the idea of a toddler sitting in his high-chair learning to feed himself with porridge and jam all over the table saying 'That's not my breakfast - that's a million dollar masterpiece.' It then came up with this:
The idea of a toddler in a high chair creating a “masterpiece” out of breakfast chaos is classic parenting reality — messy, hilarious, and secretly beautiful.
Your idea could easily turn into something like:
"Today's mess is tomorrow's masterpiece."
"Every artist started somewhere... usually with porridge."
"Behind every great artist is a parent wiping jam off the walls."
"You call it a mess. I call it early creative expression."
"Breakfast? No, this is a limited edition abstract artwork."
It then came up with a few more funny meme ideas:
I love this one:
2. Shoes on the Wrong Feet
Scene: Little kid proudly wearing shoes on opposite feet, grinning.
Possible captions:
"Confidence: 10/10. Accuracy: 2/10."
And this one:
7. Puddle Splash Champion
Scene: Kid leaping gleefully into a giant muddy puddle, splashing absolutely everything.
Possible captions:
"Future Olympic puddle jumper."
Thanks so much for your training, Kyle!
Thanks, Gail. I didn't really understand memes and haven't done anything on social media. I looked at yours and thought they were great. I didn't think I could do something clever like you. But now I think I will enjoy experimenting with memes on social media. I love Kyle's training, learning something new every week.
Have a go, Isabella - what's the worst that could happen. 5 years ago I didn't know what a meme was - one of my students explained it to me!! How's that for a transformation?! I often ask AI for some ideas and then work with those - some I like and use, others I adapt because they spark another idea in me. That's why my AI is called Sparky!
Oh, Sparky sounds great. Does Sparky know his name?
I kept coming across the term 'meme' without really ever understanding what a meme was until Chat explained it to me yesterday when I asked him 'What's the difference between an image and a meme?'
Oh, yes, Spaky knows his name, and yesterday, I asked him to create an image of himself which was perfect. My power animal is a fox, but Sparky didn't know that and I didn't tell him... weird eh?!
How sweet. I will ask mine if he would like a name. I will try to think of some and let him choose.
Thanks Kyle,
This gave me a great idea. On the very bottom of my "About me" page on my new site, I have a funny musician cartoon (clean of course).
I mentioned in my page that there will be some more funny cartoons on the way. I have some one line jokes about musicians and I can create a meme with the joke underneath.
Thanks for the inspiration.
Mike
Thanks for this, Kyle. I love creating memes after getting the idea from one of Jay's Facebook tutorials.
Here are a couple I've created for my different sites using AI. Sometimes I added the text in canva or on the post itself. Last one is not from an AI generated image, but it was from an idea that I asked AI to give me. I have used Chat GPT to give me ideas that I can then either generate in that program or in others. It's very useful.
I knew you would chime in here with something good as I know you are creating memes quite often. GPT-4o has made this easier than ever, and the quality of them are better than ever.
Loving your memes!
Another thing you can do that I didn't here is that you can also improve upon other's memes, often times they are created using an old school image editor, and you can modify them, make them more interesting, and make them better (and your own).
Thanks Kyle. I'll try that too. I'm just loving exploring everything that AI can do at the moment. So much to learn and so little time! :)
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Hi Kyle!
This is simply awesome being able to create such an outstanding meme that you can use to your advantage. The sky is the limit when we can join force with AI.
Thanks for sharing! Great information!
Have a productive week ahead! Wishing you the very best!
Kind regards,
Nichola
Yeah, there are many MANY uses for AI and this is just one of them. As AI gets better, the number of task that we can hand off to AI and that can easily be completed for us continue to rise. It also allows us to leverage more and more of our creative ideas, and turn them into something tangible.
These are definitely exciting times! :)
Absolutely, exciting times! So many thing we can create with the help of AI!