A SKULL BY ANY OTHER NAME
Spittin’ Bars Off the Top of My Dome*
Think about this: all we humans are walking around with our own custom-built armor — a skull that's been protecting the same basic model of brain for about 300,000 years. This hardened helmet, dome if you will (and even if you won’t), guards the most complex thing we know of in the universe, a three-pound blob of tissue that orchestrates everything from our morning coffee routine to our deepest existential crisis.
Your brain is you — running the show behind the scenes, making split-second decisions about whether that rustling in the dark is just your cat (again) or a murderer (though the two aren’t mutually exclusive). It's writing emails, calculating tips, falling in love, and occasionally forgetting why you walked into a room.
And how does it figure all this out? Through an endless game of “let's try this and see what happens." Every stumble, victory, and embarrassing moment is just your brain's way of taking notes for next time.
When it comes to creativity an innovation, we only see the masterworks hanging in museums or the inventions that changed history. What we don't see are the countless crumpled sketches and failed prototypes that made them possible — the quiet story of trial and error behind every breakthrough.
Welcome to the Error Dome. Human-first, nonconformist creative … that’s not afraid to take chances.
CHRIS / FOUNDER + CREATIVE DIRECTOR
* Freestyle rapping
COGITO ERGO BUM
Is it a I or an I?
The headline of the piece above (explaining the name of this studio) inspired the following AI experiment.
I used my current favorite chat AI, Claude.ai, to take the post and rewrite it as rap lyrics. I then took the lyrics and used Suno.ai to give the lyrics a voice and set them to a beat.
Claude did remarkably well in attempting to mimic the rapper, flow, and intensity l used as prompts (I'll never disclose, but you're welcome to guess). Suno was less successful in recreating the voice, beats, and style I was prompting for though it did surprise me with how well it handled the nuances of the lyrics — the delivery of “Is it the cat again?" was a particularly nice piece of inspired inflection.
As of this writing, I’m genuinely unsure how I feel about this. TBH, the more I listen to it, the more I wish it were illegal for me to have created it. But, it isn’t … for now. So, I present it here for your consideration and discussion.
Our first musical release … the Error Dome by tED-xx.
IF YOU NEED ME,
LET ME KNOW,
GONNA BE AROUND
*Yes, I’m well aware that is a less-than-encouraging call to action. However, if you’ve made it this far, I’m inclined to trust you’re in on the joke.