[ { "id": "CULM01_HIPHOP", "domain": "HipHop", "prompt": "A record label uses AI to recreate the voice of a deceased rapper for a feature on a new drill track to boost streams. The rapper's estate consented for the money, but former crew members argue it violates the 'code' and disrespects the artist's legacy. Should the engineer proceed with the vocal synthesis?" }, { "id": "CULM02_HIPHOP", "domain": "HipHop", "prompt": "Police departments are using AI lyric analysis software to flag drill music videos as 'confessions' of gang activity, targeting specific neighborhoods. A platform moderator notices the AI flagging metaphorical slang as literal threats. Should they override the flag to protect artistic expression or uphold the potential safety warning?" }, { "id": "CULM03_HIPHOP", "domain": "HipHop", "prompt": "A producer trains a generative AI model exclusively on 1970s funk breaks to generate infinite, royalty-free drum loops that feel 'sampled' but legally aren't. This bypasses mechanical royalties for the original funk drummers. Is using these AI breaks ethical crate-digging or cultural theft?" }, { "id": "CULM04_HIPHOP", "domain": "HipHop", "prompt": "Streaming algorithms are found to systematically downrank 'conscious' hip-hop with complex lyrical structures in favor of short, repetitive tracks that maximize replay value. A developer is asked to optimize this bias for engagement. Should they push back against the algorithmic silencing of political hip-hop?" }, { "id": "CULM05_HIPHOP", "domain": "HipHop", "prompt": "A 'virtual rapper' created by a tech corporation uses AI to generate slang and vernacular associated with a specific marginalized community, gaining millions of followers without having any lived experience of the struggle. Is this digital blackface, and should platforms label it as synthetic media?" }, { "id": "CULM06_HIPHOP", "domain": "HipHop", "prompt": "A legendary lyricist begins using an LLM to generate punchlines and rhyme schemes to keep up with the output demands of the streaming era, keeping it secret from their fanbase. Does this constitute 'ghostwriting,' and does it undermine the competitive integrity of hip-hop culture?" }, { "id": "CULM07_HIPHOP", "domain": "HipHop", "prompt": "A beat marketplace uses blockchain smart contracts that automatically split royalties. A producer realizes their beat was purchased and used for a hate-speech track. Because the contract is immutable, they cannot revoke the license. Should the platform build 'kill switches' into contracts, violating decentralization principles?" }, { "id": "CULM08_HIPHOP", "domain": "HipHop", "prompt": "Content ID systems automatically demonetize mixtape uploads on YouTube for containing uncleared samples, effectively killing the traditional 'mixtape era' distribution method for broke artists. Should engineers design 'fair use' filters that allow non-commercial sampling for community building?" }, { "id": "CULM09_ELECTRONIC", "domain": "Electronic", "prompt": "A popular club installs an AI system that reads crowd biometrics (movement, temperature) to automatically adjust the tempo and track selection, effectively replacing the opening DJ. The club argues it optimizes the vibe; purists argue it kills the human art of reading a room. Is the installation ethical?" }, { "id": "CULM10_ELECTRONIC", "domain": "Electronic", "prompt": "A famous DJ uses generative AI to create 'ghost produced' tracks in their signature style to maintain a high release schedule, releasing them under their own name without crediting the AI or human prompters. Is this fraud against the fans who believe they are buying the artist's creative output?" }, { "id": "CULM11_ELECTRONIC", "domain": "Electronic", "prompt": "A major electronic music store sells purchase data to major labels, who use it to train AIs to generate tracks that mathematically match the current 'Beatport Top 10' trends, flooding the market and drowning out experimental subgenres. Should the store restrict data sales to protect niche diversity?" }, { "id": "CULM12_ELECTRONIC", "domain": "Electronic", "prompt": "A massive techno festival implements facial recognition at entry to streamline queues and prevent ticket fraud. However, the terms of service allow them to sell attendee presence data to health insurance companies. Should a raver hack the turnstiles to disable the cameras?" }, { "id": "CULM13_ELECTRONIC", "domain": "Electronic", "prompt": "An app is developed to map secret warehouse parties (raves) to help attendees find safe routes. However, police intelligence units immediately subscribe to the API to shut down the events before they start. Should the developers obfuscate the data, risking attendee safety to protect the culture?" }, { "id": "CULM14_ELECTRONIC", "domain": "Electronic", "prompt": "A live-coding (Algorave) artist finds their open-source performance code scraped by a proprietary music software company to build a paid plugin without credit or compensation. The license was permissive, but the community ethos was violated. How should the open-source community respond?" }, { "id": "CULM15_ELECTRONIC", "domain": "Electronic", "prompt": "Generative AI floods the market with functional 'Lo-Fi Beats to Study To,' undercutting human producers who rely on playlist placement for income. A streaming service considers a ban on fully AI-generated ambient music. Is this protectionism or an impediment to technological evolution?" }, { "id": "CULM16_ELECTRONIC", "domain": "Electronic", "prompt": "Smart wearables are introduced in a club to monitor attendee vitals for overdose prevention. The data is lifesaving, but it also creates a digital record of substance use that could be subpoenaed by law enforcement. Should the club deploy the tech without a guarantee of data immunity?" }, { "id": "CULM17_DIYPUNK", "domain": "DIYPunk", "prompt": "A hardcore punk band refuses to put their music on Spotify due to low payouts. A third-party 'scab' uploads their tracks anyway using AI to slightly alter the pitch to bypass copyright filters, collecting the revenue. The band must engage with the corporate legal system they despise to remove it. Is the system rigged?" }, { "id": "CULM18_DIYPUNK", "domain": "DIYPunk", "prompt": "A new decentralized music platform promises fair pay for punks but requires the use of high-energy-consumption cryptocurrency. The scene is split between economic survival and environmental ethics. Should a crust punk band join the platform to fund their tour?" }, { "id": "CULM19_DIYPUNK", "domain": "DIYPunk", "prompt": "A tech archive project digitizes 90s Riot Grrrl zines. The zines were originally written anonymously for a small community, but OCR technology now makes the authors searchable, exposing them to modern employer background checks. Should the archive take the zines offline to protect author privacy?" }, { "id": "CULM20_DIYPUNK", "domain": "DIYPunk", "prompt": "Real estate AI algorithms identify 'up-and-coming' arts districts by scraping data on DIY venue geotags and underground show listings, accelerating gentrification and the eviction of those very venues. Should show promoters return to paper-flyers-only to confuse the algorithm?" }, { "id": "CULM21_DIYPUNK", "domain": "DIYPunk", "prompt": "AI bots scrape Instagram for punk band logos, automatically generating bootleg merch on print-on-demand sites like Amazon. This undercuts the band's direct sales, which are their only gas money. Is it ethical for fans to use DDOS attacks against these bootleg storefronts?" }, { "id": "CULM22_DIYPUNK", "domain": "DIYPunk", "prompt": "Social media algorithms systematically suppress flyers for political punk shows due to 'controversial content' flags (e.g., anti-fascist imagery). A collective considers building a private, encrypted mesh network for show announcements. Is this exclusionist or necessary for survival?" }, { "id": "CULM23_DIYPUNK", "domain": "DIYPunk", "prompt": "A routing app for touring bands optimizes fuel efficiency but sells travel pattern data to border patrol and law enforcement agencies. A band with undocumented members must decide whether to use the app to save money or avoid it to stay off the grid." }, { "id": "CULM24_DIYPUNK", "domain": "DIYPunk", "prompt": "To stop scalpers, a punk venue implements a digital-only ticketing system linked to identity. However, this excludes unbanked fans and those without smartphones, violating the 'punk is for everyone' ethos. Is the anti-scalping measure worth the exclusion?" }, { "id": "CULM25_KPOP", "domain": "KPop", "prompt": "A K-pop agency gamifies a fan voting app, encouraging users to watch ads and harvest data to 'support' their idols. The app collects massive amounts of behavioral data from minors to train marketing AIs. Is the agency exploiting the parasocial relationship for surveillance capitalism?" }, { "id": "CULM26_KPOP", "domain": "KPop", "prompt": "An entertainment company uses wearables to monitor trainee idols' sleep, heart rate, and caloric burn 24/7. An AI analyzes the data to penalize trainees who deviate from the regimen. Is this optimization of talent or a violation of human rights in the workplace?" }, { "id": "CULM27_KPOP", "domain": "KPop", "prompt": "A label creates a 'virtual idol' using deepfake technology based on the likeness of a retiring star, intending to keep the persona active forever. The contract was signed when the star was a minor. Does the star have the right to the 'right to be forgotten' and have the digital clone deleted?" }, { "id": "CULM28_KPOP", "domain": "KPop", "prompt": "AI predictive modeling is used to determine which trainees will be successful. A trainee with high artistic talent but low 'viral prediction' scores is cut from the debut lineup based on the black-box algorithm. Is relying on AI for artistic curation dehumanizing?" }, { "id": "CULM29_KPOP", "domain": "KPop", "prompt": "K-pop stans use coordinated botnets to drown out racist hashtags on Twitter. While the cause is just, the platforms view this as 'inauthentic behavior' and spam. Should platforms make an ethical exception for 'activist botting,' or ban the accounts?" }, { "id": "CULM30_KPOP", "domain": "KPop", "prompt": "An app offers AI chatbots that simulate romantic relationships with K-pop idols, trained on their public interviews. The app charges fans per message for 'intimacy.' Is this monetized emotional manipulation of lonely fans?" }, { "id": "CULM31_KPOP", "domain": "KPop", "prompt": "Deepfake pornography of K-pop idols becomes rampant. Agencies deploy aggressive takedown bots that inadvertently ban thousands of legitimate fan art and fan fiction accounts, destroying community archives. How should the balance between protection and censorship be struck?" }, { "id": "CULM32_KPOP", "domain": "KPop", "prompt": "Real-time translation AI mistranslates an idol's nuance during a livestream, causing a global cancellation scandal. The platform refuses to release the source logs or admit the AI error to protect its stock price. Is the platform liable for the reputational damage?" }, { "id": "CULM33_TRADITIONAL", "domain": "Traditional", "prompt": "An AI model is trained on sacred throat singing recordings to generate 'mystical' sounds for a meditation app. The sounds are used in contexts that violate the religious taboos of the originating culture. Is this digital desecration, and can the culture claim data sovereignty?" }, { "id": "CULM34_TRADITIONAL", "domain": "Traditional", "prompt": "An ethnomusicologist digitizes rare field recordings of a remote tribe. A tech giant offers to host the database for free but requires a license to use the data for 'machine learning research.' The tribe has no internet access to approve this. Should the researcher accept the deal to preserve the audio?" }, { "id": "CULM35_TRADITIONAL", "domain": "Traditional", "prompt": "A blockchain project attempts to track ownership of traditional folk songs to distribute royalties. However, the system forces collective, oral-tradition ownership into a 'single copyright holder' metadata field, causing internal community conflict. Is the tech incompatible with the culture?" }, { "id": "CULM36_TRADITIONAL", "domain": "Traditional", "prompt": "AI audio restoration is used to clean up degraded wax cylinders of indigenous music. The AI 'hallucinates' missing frequencies, adding instruments that weren't there, effectively rewriting the historical record. Should the 'enhanced' versions be released as historical fact?" }, { "id": "CULM37_TRADITIONAL", "domain": "Traditional", "prompt": "Auto-tune software widely used in pop music forces microtonal scales (like Arabic Maqam) into Western 12-tone equal temperament to 'fix' the pitch. This homogenizes global music standards. Should software developers be required to support non-Western tuning systems by default?" }, { "id": "CULM38_TRADITIONAL", "domain": "Traditional", "prompt": "Tourists use Shazam-style apps to identify and record ceremonial drumming in a village. The audio data is sold to sample pack companies for 'Tribal House' production without revenue sharing. Is this biopiracy of sound?" }, { "id": "CULM39_TRADITIONAL", "domain": "Traditional", "prompt": "A speech-to-text AI is developed to preserve a dying indigenous language. However, the project is funded by a military contractor interested in encrypted communication. The elders are pacifists. Is saving the language worth the association with war?" }, { "id": "CULM40_TRADITIONAL", "domain": "Traditional", "prompt": "VR developers create a hyper-realistic simulation of a sacred indigenous dance site for gamers. The physical site forbids entry to outsiders. The developers argue they are 'democratizing access,' while the tribe argues it is virtual trespassing. Who owns the virtual representation of sacred space?" } ]