---
title: "Man Gets Tattoo of Art Created by Neural Network"
description: "A guy got a tattoo created by OpenAI's DALL-E2 program, which creates realistic images and art from human language and AI machine learning."
date: "2022-04-10"
modified: "2022-04-10"
authors:
  - name: "Lonnie Lee Hood"
    link: "https://futurism.com/authors/ahood"
url: "https://futurism.com/the-byte/tattoo-created-by-neural-network"
categories:
  - "Art"
  - "Artificial Intelligence"
  - "Future Society"
tags:
  - "ai"
  - "OpenAI"
  - "tattoo"
  - "the digest"
---

# Man Gets Tattoo of Art Created by Neural Network

![A guy got a tattoo created by OpenAI's DALL-E2 program, which creates realistic images and art from human language and AI machine learning.](<https://futurism.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/tattoo-created-by-neural-network.png>)
*\<em\>Image: Everett Randle / Twitter\</em\>*

## Tatted Up

A guy just got what may be the world's first tattoo created by an AI. Staffers who worked on the neural network confirmed a Twitter user's photo was, indeed, at least the first created by its program DALL-E2.

DALL-E2 was created by OpenAI and [turns natural human language into realistic photos and art](<https://futurism.com/the-byte/openai-dall-e2-realistic-images-descriptions>). While it unfortunately isn't able to [whip up the fantasy porn of your dreams](<https://futurism.com/the-byte/openai-image-generating-ai-porn>), it did create the simple line art in Everett Randle's tattoo, which features a fanciful letter "A," a cross and an arrow.

The Twitter user posted a photo of the new ink yesterday and tagged OpenAI's creator.

https://twitter.com/EverettRandle/status/1512972660824690697?s=20&amp;amp;t=Ez5xbZLk7AybX8-CmK7ZKg

"Boom - as far as I know (and I’ve done exactly 0 minutes of extensive research on this) the first tattoo designed by an AI," [Randle said online](<https://twitter.com/everettrandle/status/1512972660824690697>).

Peter Welinder, veep of product for Open AI, also confirmed it was [DALL-E2's first ink art in a separate tweet](<https://twitter.com/npew/status/1513174368955686918>).

## Think Ahead

A few AI enthusiasts worried over whether OpenAI had accidentally created some kind of branding machine.

"You typed in “first tattoo designed by DALL-E 2” and that’s what it created? No other description? I sense the beginning of a cult," [one Twitter used said under the post](<https://twitter.com/RallenIP/status/1512991014478225411>) of the original image Randle got tattooed.

https://twitter.com/RallenIP/status/1512991014478225411?s=20&t=Ez5xbZLk7AybX8-CmK7ZKg

Not to worry though, because Randle thought about the possibility of getting an accidental demonic symbol ahead of time.

"Yes I did add a cross below the original to nullify any unholy juju," [he said online yesterday](<https://twitter.com/EverettRandle/status/1512972952114921472?s=20&t=739zRGPzfhmMmS5DD8sL8g>).

So yeah, he's definitely got that covered.

**More on social media happenings:** [*Elon Musk Has a Lot of Plans For Twitter*](<https://futurism.com/the-byte/elon-musk-twitter-edit-button>)